Song of Solomon, 8
7. No flood can extinguish love nor river submerge it. If a man were to buy love with all the wealth of his house, contempt is all he would purchase.
7. No flood can extinguish love nor river submerge it. If a man were to buy love with all the wealth of his house, contempt is all he would purchase.
Chapter 8 of Songs talks about love and passion among the couple, as well as addressing the strength and importance of true love. It is a chapter that celebrates the unity and happiness it brings. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in songs 8:
Proverbs 5:18-19: "Your spring be blessed, and rejoice with the woman of your youth. As a loving cervo, and graceful Gazella, your breasts sat down all the time; and for your love you are perpetually. " This verse talks about the importance of love and intimacy between the couple, and how it must be a source of joy and pleasure.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8: "Love is patient, it is benign; love does not burn in jealousy, does not ufan, do not teach itself, do not lead inconveniently, do not seek its interests, not exasperal, not resent of evil; do not rejoice in injustice, but rejoice in the truth; everything suffers, everything believes, everything expects, everything supports. Love never ends; ". This verse talks about the characteristics of true love and how eternal it is.
Ephesians 5:25: "Husbands, love your women, as Christ also loved the Church, and He gave Himself to it." This verse talks about man's responsibility to love and take care of his wife, just as Christ loved the church and surrendered to it.
Genesis 2:24: "Therefore you will leave the man to his father and his mother, and will join his wife; and they will both be a flesh." This verse talks about the couple's unity and how they become one flesh before God.
1 John 4:18: "In love there is no fear; before, perfect love throws out fear. Fear involves punishment, and who is afraid is not perfected in love." This verse talks about how true love should not be afraid, but to be a source of security and comfort for the couple.
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