Song 3:4, Hos 12:4, Luk 18:1-7, Rom 8:37, 1Cor 15:58, 2Cor 12:8-9, Heb 5:7 | ESV | STEP | Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves . I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s house , and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

a[See ver. 1 above]

Song of Solomon 3:4

4 Scarcely had I passed them
when I found ^ahim whom my soul loves.
I ^bheld him, and would not let him go
until I had ^cbrought him into my mother’s house,
and into the chamber of ^dher who conceived me.

Hosea 12:4

4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
^eHe met God ^{▼▼Hebrew him} at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—

Luke 18:1-7

The Parable of the Persistent Widow

1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought ^galways to pray and not ^hlose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who ⁱneither feared God nor respected man. 3 And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ^j‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. 7 And ^kwill not God give justice to ^lhis elect, ^mwho cry to him day and night? ⁿ, ^oWill he delay long over them?

Romans 8:37

37 No, in all these things we are more than ^pconquerors through ^qhim who loved us.

1 Corinthians 15:58

58 ^rTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^sthe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^tyour labor is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

8 ^uThree times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, ^v“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^wmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^xthe power of Christ may rest upon me.

Hebrews 5:7

7 In the days of his flesh, ^yJesus ^{▼▼Greek he} offered up prayers and supplications, ^aawith loud cries and tears, to him ^abwho was able to save him from death, and ^ache was heard because of his reverence.