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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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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Song Of Solomon 4:9–11

18th Century

Theologian

The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inner character and sentiment.

With one…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Song Of Solomon 4:11–12

19th Century

Preacher

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. …

John Gill

John Gill

On Song Of Solomon 4:11

17th Century

Pastor

Your lips, O [my] spouse, drop [as] the honeycomb. Words, for sweetness, delight, and pleasure, like that; so the speech …

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Song Of Solomon 4:8–15

17th Century

Minister

Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is:

  1. A precept: This is Christ's call to his church to come away from the w…