7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. …
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: …
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 guid…
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