Song of Solomon 1:8
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If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
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Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’