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Song of Solomon 4:3

Song of Solomon 4:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

lips: Song of Solomon 4:11, Song of Solomon 5:13, Song of Solomon 5:16, Song of Solomon 7:9; Psalms 37:30, Psalms 45:2, Psalms 119:13; Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 10:20-21, Proverbs 16:21-24; Matthew 12:35; Luke 4:22; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 3:16-17, Colossians 4:6

scarlet: Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49-52; Numbers 4:8, Numbers 19:6; Joshua 2:18; Proverbs 31:26; Hebrews 9:19

thy temples: Song of Solomon 6:7; Genesis 32:10; Ezra 9:6; Ezekiel 16:63

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