The Rose Of Sharon

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.

And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. — read the full passage →

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.

The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. — read the full passage →

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. — read the full passage →

The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. — read the full passage →

O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. — read the full passage →

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. — read the full passage →

These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. — read the full passage →

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. — read the full passage →

But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. — read the full passage →

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. — read the full passage →

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. — read the full passage →

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: