Song of Solomon 4:12

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“My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.”

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BSBPD

“My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A garden shut up <FI>is<Fi> my sister-spouse, A spring shut up--a fountain sealed.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Song of Solomon 4:12 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 29:3When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
  2. Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
  3. Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
  4. Song of Solomon 6:11I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
  5. Isaiah 58:11The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  6. Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
  7. Jeremiah 31:12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
  8. Hosea 6:3So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
  9. 1 Corinthians 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  10. 1 Corinthians 6:19Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
  11. 1 Corinthians 7:34and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  12. 2 Corinthians 1:22placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
  13. Ephesians 1:13And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
  14. Ephesians 4:30And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
  15. Revelation 7:3“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
  16. Revelation 21:27But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

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