Song 4:9-10, 12, 5:1-2, 1Cor 9:5, 2Cor 11:2, Eph 5:25-27 | ESV | STEP | You have captivated my heart , my sister , my bride ; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes , with one jewel of your necklace .

9 You have captivated my heart, my ^asister, my bride;
you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one ^bjewel of your necklace.
10 How beautiful is your love, my ^csister, my bride!
How much ^dbetter is your love than wine,
and ^ethe fragrance of your oils than any spice!

Song of Solomon 4:12

12 A garden locked is my ^fsister, my bride,
a spring locked, ^ga fountain ^hsealed.

Song of Solomon 5:1-2

He

1 I ⁱcame to my garden, my ^jsister, my bride,
I gathered my ^kmyrrh with my spice,
I ate my ^lhoneycomb with my honey,
I ^mdrank my wine with my milk.

Others

Eat, ⁿfriends, drink,
and be drunk with love!

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

She

2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is ^oknocking.
“Open to me, my ^psister, my ^qlove,
my ^rdove, my ^sperfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my ^tlocks with the drops of the night.”

1 Corinthians 9:5

5 ^uDo we not have the right to take along a believing wife, ^{▼▼Greek a sister as wife} as do the other apostles and ^wthe brothers of the Lord and ^xCephas?

2 Corinthians 11:2

2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since ^yI betrothed you to one husband, ^zto present you ^aaas a pure virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 5:25-27

25 ^abHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and ^acgave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by ^adthe washing of water ^aewith the word, 27 so ^afthat he might present the church to himself in splendor, ^agwithout spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. ^{▼▼Or holy and blameless}