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Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
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Your Words Delight God
Commentators explain that the 'honeycomb' from the lips and the 'honey and milk' under the tongue symbolize the believer's speech. Your words of prayer, praise, and sharing the Gospel are described as sweet and delightful to Christ. The imagery suggests that the nourishing truths of the Gospel should be held in your heart, ready to be spoken freely and graciously.
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Song Of Solomon
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inner character and sentiment.
With one…
19th Century
Baptist
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb. Words, for sweetness, delight, and pleasure, like that; so the speech …
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