4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. …
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. …
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. …
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-7)Here, I. The spouse commends her beloved and prefers him before all others: As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood , which perhaps does not grow so high, nor spread so wide, as some other trees, yet is useful and serviceable to man, yielding pleasant and profitable fruit, while the other trees are of little use, no, not the cedars themselves, till they are cut down, so is my beloved among t…
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