Quotes about Song of Solomon

This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.

Song of Solomon 1:2- Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Jesus Christ is a lily of the valley, Song of Solomon 2:1, not of the mountains.

His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.

The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

Finally, we should note that in the Song, the Bridegroom is sometimes called a king and the bride a queen. Sometimes he is a shepherd; sometimes they are workers in the vineyard. Sometimes they are in a palace; sometimes in the field. This teaches that people of all social classes are called to participate in spiritual life at the highest level.

We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.

He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.