Song of Solomon 1 1-Song of Solomon 1 17
The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.THE SHULAMITE: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For your love is better than wine.Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; Therefore the virgins love you.Draw me away! THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM We will run after you. THE SHULAMITE The king has brought me into his chambers. THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM We will be glad and rejoice in you. we will remember your love more than wine. THE SHULAMITE: Rightly do they love you.I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.Do not look upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has tanned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards, But my own vineyard I have not kept.( TO HER BELOVED): Tell me, O you whom I love, Where you feed your flock, Where you make it rest at noon. For why should I be as one who veils herself By the flocks of your companions?THE BELOVED: If you do not know, O fairest among women, Follow in the footsteps of the flock, And feed your little goats Beside the shepherds’ tents.I have compared you, my love, To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with chains of gold.THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM: We will make you ornaments of gold With studs of silver.THE SHULAMITE: While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance.A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, That lies all night between my breasts.My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms In the vineyards of En Gedi.THE BELOVED: Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove’s eyes.THE SHULAMITE: Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green.The beams of our houses are cedar, And our rafters of fir.
Proverbs 1:1-31
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding,To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion—A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.If they say,“ Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse”—My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:“ How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.“ Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the Lord,They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
