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Sgs 3:4 — [It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

but		Sgs 6:12; Pro 8:17; Isa 45:19; Isa 55:6,7; Jer 29:13; Lam 3:25; Mat 7:7
I held		Sgs 7:5; Gen 32:26; Pro 4:13; Hsa 12:3,4; Mat 28:9; Jhn 20:16,17; Rev 3:11,12
I had		Isa 49:14-18; Isa 54:1-3; Gal 4:26

Correlating Passages

but

	Sgs 6:12	Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.
	Pro 8:17	I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
	Isa 45:19	I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
	Isa 55:6	Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	Jer 29:13	And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
	Lam 3:25	The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
	Mat 7:7	Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

I held

	Sgs 7:5	Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries.
	Gen 32:26	And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
	Pro 4:13	Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.
	Hsa 12:3	He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
	Hsa 12:4	Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;
	Mat 28:9	And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
	Jhn 20:16	Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
	Jhn 20:17	Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my God, and your God.
	Rev 3:11	Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
	Rev 3:12	Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name.

I had

	Isa 49:14	But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
	Isa 49:15	Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
	Isa 49:16	Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls [are] continually before me.
	Isa 49:17	Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
	Isa 49:18	Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them [on thee], as a bride [doeth].
	Isa 54:1	Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
	Isa 54:2	Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
	Isa 54:3	For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
	Gal 4:26	But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

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Scott, Thomas. "Song of Songs 3:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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