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When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsSudden DestructionPeople AppalledHurricanesOvercoming AdversityBeing OverwhelmedThe Storms Of Life

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Verse ConceptsHuntingBirds, Figurative UseSaving OneselfDeer Etc.DebtBeing YourselfDeerSaving Money

Your poverty will come in like a vagabond
And your need like an armed man.

Verse ConceptsBanditsAvoiding Poverty

The fury of a king is like messengers of death,
But a wise man will appease it.

Verse ConceptsGood KingsExecutioners

In the light of a king’s face is life,
And his favor is like a cloud with the spring rain.

Verse ConceptsRainSpringWeather, As God's JudgmentFavorSmilingcloudsspringtime

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingStomachsSavourinessUnder One's Breathgossiping

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.

Verse ConceptsCivil authoritiesdewGrassRageFavorSmilingwrath

The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

Verse ConceptsRageDeath As Punishmentriskterrorism

A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding draws it out.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman IntellectCounselingDrawing WaterHiding SinsDiscernmentrelaxationmotives

And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea,
Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholSleep, PhysicalThe Insecurity Of The WickedIn The Heart Of The Sea

Like apples of gold in settings of silver
Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

Verse ConceptsFruitGoldA Time To SpeakSensitivityApplesA Word Fitly Spoken

Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Verse Conceptsdouble mindednessFountainsProverbsSpring Of Waterpressure

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not alight.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsSwallowsSparrowsThose FlyingBirdsflyingcurseswandering

Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs

Like a thorn which falls into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards

Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.

Verse ConceptsChanceHiringWounds

Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Verse ConceptsArguingDissensionContentiousnessCharcoal

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Verse ConceptsStomachsWhispering Of EvilOverlaid With SilverFirewoodCharcoalSavouriness

A poor man who oppresses the lowly
Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

Verse ConceptsRich, ThePitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedNot Helping The Poor

There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords
And his jaw teeth like knives,
To devour the afflicted from the earth
And the needy from among men.

Verse ConceptsKnifesKnivesTeethOppressorsRace

For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.

Verse ConceptsRadiancyShining FacesCountenanceRadiant LivesAurasLight Of God's PeopleMan's WisdomBoldness

But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.

Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of GodTime PassingFearing God

There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler—

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunErrorTragedy

I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.

Verse ConceptsPromotionRiding HorsesSlavesslaveryroyalty

The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.

Verse ConceptsNailsSharp Tools

“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your name is like purified oil;
Therefore the maidens love you.

I am black but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?”

To me, my darling, you are like
My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.

How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves.”

Like a lily among the thorns,
So is my darling among the maidens.”

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the young men.
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

“My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering through the lattice.

Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle
Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.”

What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like columns of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?

How beautiful you are, my darling,
How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead.

“Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.

“Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.

“Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built with rows of stones
On which are hung a thousand shields,
All the round shields of the mighty men.

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.

“Your lips, my bride, drip honey;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

“His head is like gold, pure gold;
His locks are like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.

“His eyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And reposed in their setting.

“His cheeks are like a bed of balsam,
Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are lilies
Dripping with liquid myrrh.

“His legs are pillars of alabaster
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like Lebanon
Choice as the cedars.

“Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have confused me;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Gilead.

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.

Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.

‘Who is this that grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As awesome as an army with banners?’

How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O prince’s daughter!
The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist.

“Your navel is like a round goblet
Which never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Fenced about with lilies.

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle.

“Your neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which faces toward Damascus.

“Your head crowns you like Carmel,
And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;
The king is captivated by your tresses.

Your stature is like a palm tree,
And your breasts are like its clusters.

“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree,
I will take hold of its fruit stalks.’
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
And the fragrance of your breath like apples,

And your mouth like the best wine!”
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

“Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either.

“Put me like a seal over your heart,
Like a seal on your arm.
For love is as strong as death,
Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
The very flame of the Lord.

I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers;
Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

Hurry, my beloved,
And be like a gazelle or a young stag
On the mountains of spices.”

The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.

Verse ConceptsCucumbersFruitBoothsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Unless the Lord of hosts
Had left us a few survivors,
We would be like Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.

Verse ConceptsRemnantMinoritiesSmall RemnantsSimilar Items

For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away
Or as a garden that has no water.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalWicked Described AsDry PlacesPeople WitheredOaks