Song of Songs 7 in the early church

[also Song of Solomon; Vulgate: Canticle of Canticles]

47 passages quote, allude to, or echo Song of Songs 7, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13

Song of Songs 7:1

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

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Song 7:1 (7:2 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:1 (7:2 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.15.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:1 (7:2 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.16.1 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:1 (7:2 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.18.2 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:1 (7:2 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.19.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:1 (7:2 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.19.2 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:1Against Jovinianus 1.31 · Jeromequotation, high confidence393

Song of Songs 7:2

Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.

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Song 7:2 (7:3 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:2Against Parmenian the Donatist 2.8 · Optatus of Milevisquotation, high confidenceca. 366–385
Song 7:2 (7:3 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.20.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397

Song of Songs 7:4

Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

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Song 7:4 (7:5 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:4Letter 65.1 · Jeromeallusion, high confidenceca. 370–419
Song 7:4Exposition of Psalm 118 5.34.3 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:4Exposition of Psalm 118 5.35.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:4 (7:5 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 16.8.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397

Song of Songs 7:5

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

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Song 7:5 (7:6 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:5 (7:6 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.21.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397

Song of Songs 7:6

How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

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Song 7:6 (7:7 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:6 (7:7 LXX)Exposition of Psalm 118 17.22.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:6On the Mysteries 7 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387–391
Song 7:6Tractates on the Gospel of John 65.3 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidenceca. 406–420
Song 7:6City of God 17.20 · Augustine of Hippoquotation, high confidence413–426

Song of Songs 7:7

Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.

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Song 7:7 (7:8 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:7Hexameron (Exameron) 3.71 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387-390
Song 7:7On the Mysteries 7 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387–391

Song of Songs 7:8

I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,

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Song 7:8 (7:9 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:8 (7:9 LXX)Commentary on Matthew 17.13 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 246–248
Song 7:8Hexameron (Exameron) 3.53 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387-390
Song 7:8Hexameron (Exameron) 3.71 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 387-390

Song of Songs 7:9

and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.

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Song 7:9 (7:10 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:9On the Christian Faith 2.2 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 378–380

Song of Songs 7:10

I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

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Song 7:10 (7:11 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254

Song of Songs 7:11

Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.

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Song 7:11 (7:12 LXX)Fragments on the Song of Songs, chapter 7 · Origenquotation, high confidenceca. 220-254
Song 7:11On Virgins 1.9 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 377
Song 7:11On Virgins 2.6 · Ambroseallusion, high confidenceca. 377
Song 7:11Second Apology of David 47 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 384-397
Song 7:11Exposition of Psalm 118 19.23.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:11Exposition of Psalm 118 22.33.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397

Song of Songs 7:12

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

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Song 7:12Second Apology of David 47 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 384-397
Song 7:12Exposition of Psalm 118 19.23.2 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:12Exposition of Psalm 118 19.24.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:12Hexameron (Exameron) 3.56 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 387-390
Song 7:12Part 2, chapter 9 · Quodvultdeus of Carthagequotation, high confidenceca. 445-450

Song of Songs 7:13

The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

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Song 7:13Second Apology of David 47 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 384-397
Song 7:13Exposition of Psalm 118 19.24.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:13Exposition of Psalm 118 19.25.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397
Song 7:13Exposition of Psalm 118 22.33.1 · Ambrosequotation, high confidenceca. 386-397