Song of Solomon 8:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 8

⁶Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

Song of Solomon 8:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Philippians 1:20-23
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. …
John 21:15-19
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. …
Song of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-7)

Here, I. The spouse is much admired by those about her. It comes in in a parenthesis, but in it gospel-grace lies as plain, and as much above ground, as any where in this mystical song: Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Some make these the words of the bridegroom, expressing himself well pleased with her reliance on him and resignation of herself to his guida…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. Implying approaching absence of the Bridegroom. seal--having her name and likeness engraven on it. His Holy Priesthood also in heaven (Ex 28:6-12, 15-30; He 4:14); “his heart” there answering to “thine heart” here, and “two shoulders” to “arm.” (Compare Jr 22:24, with Hag 2:23). But the Holy Ghost (Ep 1:13, 14). As in So 8:5, she was “leaning” on Him, that is, her arm on His arm, her head on Hi…