Wisdom & Truth Verses
Every verse of God's eternal Word carries wisdom and truth. A home for all the rich teachings not captured elsewhere.
Thy navel {is like} a round goblet, {which} wanteth not liquor: thy belly {is like} an heap of wheat set about with lilies. {liquor: Heb. mixture}
Thy two breasts {are} like two young roes {that are} twins.
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters {of grapes}.
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
His left hand {should be} under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
If she {be} a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she {be} a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear {it}.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: {but} Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head {there is} no soundness in it; {but} wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. {ointment: or, oil}
Your country {is} desolate, your cities {are} burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and {it is} desolate, as overthrown by strangers. {overthrown...: Heb. the overthrow of}
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, {and} we should have been like unto Gomorrah.