Song 5:9-16, Hag 2:7, Mat 13:44-46, Joh 4:42, 6:68-69, Phili 3:7-10, 1Pe 1:8 | ESV | STEP | What is your beloved more than another beloved , O most beautiful among women ? What is your beloved more than another beloved , that you thus adjure us?

9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O ^amost beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus ^badjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ^cruddy,
^ddistinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
^ehis locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His ^feyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
13 His ^hcheeks are like ⁱbeds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are ^jlilies,
dripping ^kliquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
set with ^ljewels.
His body is polished ivory, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain}
bedecked with ⁿsapphires. ^{▼▼Hebrew lapis lazuli}
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like ^pLebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16 His ^qmouth ^{▼▼Hebrew palate} is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O ^sdaughters of Jerusalem.

Haggai 2:7

7 And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and ^tI will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 13:44-46

The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

44 “The kingdom of heaven ^uis like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy ^vhe goes and sells all that he has and ^wbuys that field.

The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value

45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding ^xone pearl of great value, ^ywent and sold all that he had and ^zbought it.

John 4:42

42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, ^aaand we know that this is indeed ^abthe Savior ^acof the world.”

John 6:68-69

68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^adthe words of eternal life, 69 and ^aewe have believed, and have come to know, that ^afyou are ^agthe Holy One of God.”

Philippians 3:7-10

7 But ^ahwhatever gain I had, ^aiI counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of ^ajthe surpassing worth of ^akknowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I ^alhave suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having ^ama righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but ^anthat which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 ^aothat I may know him and ^apthe power of his resurrection, and ^aqmay share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

1 Peter 1:8

8 ^arThough you have not seen him, you love him. ^asThough you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,