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Sgs 5:7 — The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

watchmen		Sgs 3:3; Isa 6:10,11; Hsa 9:7,8; Act 20:29,30; 2Cr 11:13
they smote		Psa 141:5; Hsa 6:5; Jhn 16:2; Act 26:9,10; Phl 3:6; Rev 17:5,6
the keepers		Sgs 8:11; Isa 62:6; Mat 21:33-41; Mat 23:2,29-36
took		Luk 6:22; Act 5:40,41; 1Cr 4:10-13; Hbr 11:36,37; Hbr 12:2; 1Pe 4:14-16

Correlating Passages

watchmen

	Sgs 3:3	The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
	Isa 6:10	Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
	Isa 6:11	Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
	Hsa 9:7	The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
	Hsa 9:8	The watchman of Ephraim [was] with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred in the house of his God.
	Act 20:29	For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
	Act 20:30	Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
	2Cr 11:13	For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

they smote

	Psa 141:5	Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.
	Hsa 6:5	Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.
	Jhn 16:2	They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
	Act 26:9	I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
	Act 26:10	Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against [them].
	Phl 3:6	Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
	Rev 17:5	And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
	Rev 17:6	And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

the keepers

	Sgs 8:11	Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.
	Isa 62:6	I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
	Mat 21:33	Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
	Mat 21:34	And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
	Mat 21:35	And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
	Mat 21:36	Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
	Mat 21:37	But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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	Mat 23:2	Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
	Mat 23:29	Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
	Mat 23:30	And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
	Mat 23:31	Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
	Mat 23:32	Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
	Mat 23:33	[Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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took

	Luk 6:22	Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
	Act 5:40	And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
	Act 5:41	And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
	1Cr 4:10	We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.
	1Cr 4:11	Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
	1Cr 4:12	And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
	1Cr 4:13	Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
	Hbr 11:36	And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
	Hbr 11:37	They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
	Hbr 12:2	Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
	1Pe 4:14	If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
	1Pe 4:15	But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
	1Pe 4:16	Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

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Scott, Thomas. "Song of Songs 5:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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