Song 4:13-14, 7:12-13, 2Cor 9:10-15, Phili 1:9-11, Col 1:9-12, 1Th 2:12-13 | ESV | STEP | Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits , henna with nard ,

Song of Solomon 4:13-14

13 Your shoots are ^aan orchard of pomegranates
with all ^bchoicest fruits,
^chenna with ^dnard,
14 nard and saffron, ^ecalamus and ^fcinnamon,
with all trees of ^gfrankincense,
^hmyrrh and ⁱaloes,
with all ^jchoice spices—

Song of Solomon 7:12-13

12 let us go out early to the vineyards
^kand see whether the vines have budded,
whether ^lthe grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 ^mThe mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
ⁿnew as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

2 Corinthians 9:10-15

10 He who supplies ^oseed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and ^pincrease the harvest of your righteousness. 11 ^qYou will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which ^rthrough us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying ^sthe needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, ^tthey ^{▼▼Or you} will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your ^vconfession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 ^wThanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

Philippians 1:9-11

9 And it is my prayer that ^xyour love may abound more and more, ^ywith knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, ^zand so be pure and blameless ^aafor the day of Christ, 11 filled ^abwith the fruit of righteousness that comes ^acthrough Jesus Christ, ^adto the glory and praise of God.

Colossians 1:9-12

9 And so, ^aefrom the day we heard, ^afwe have not ceased to pray for you, asking that ^agyou may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all ^ahspiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as ^aito walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, ^ajfully pleasing to him: ^akbearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 ^albeing strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for ^amall endurance and patience ^anwith joy; 12 ^aogiving thanks ^{▼▼Or patience, with joy giving thanks} to the Father, who has qualified you ^{▼▼Some manuscripts us} to share in ^arthe inheritance of the saints in light.

1 Thessalonians 2:12-13

12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and ^ascharged ^atyou to walk in a manner worthy of God, ^auwho calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

13 And ^avwe also thank God constantly ^{▼▼Or without ceasing} for this, that when you received ^axthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^aynot as the word of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but as what it really is, the word of God, ^bawhich is at work in you believers.