Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; how lovely they are when you speak. Your cheeks glow behind your veil.

His cheeks are as lovely as a garden that is full of herbs and spices. His lips are like lilies, wet with liquid myrrh.

and your mouth like the finest wine. Then let the wine flow straight to my lover, flowing over his lips and teeth.

I will always put my hope in you; I will praise you more and more.

I will tell of your goodness; all day long I will speak of your salvation, though it is more than I can understand.

I will shout for joy as I play for you; with my whole being I will sing because you have saved me.

I will speak of your righteousness all day long, because those who tried to harm me have been defeated and disgraced.

Kind words are like honey---sweet to the taste and good for your health.

Return to the LORD, and let this prayer be your offering to him: "Forgive all our sins and accept our prayer, and we will praise you as we have promised.

Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord.

I have entered my garden, my sweetheart, my bride. I am gathering my spices and myrrh; I am eating my honey and honeycomb; I am drinking my wine and milk. Eat, lovers, and drink until you are drunk with love!

My child, eat honey; it is good. And just as honey from the comb is sweet on your tongue,

you may be sure that wisdom is good for the soul. Get wisdom and you have a bright future.

By the time he is old enough to make his own decisions, people will be drinking milk and eating honey.

Your love delights me, my sweetheart and bride. Your love is better than wine; your perfume more fragrant than any spice.

As he came up to kiss him, Isaac smelled his clothes---so he gave him his blessing. He said, "The pleasant smell of my son is like the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed.

The perfume of myrrh and aloes is on your clothes; musicians entertain you in palaces decorated with ivory.

Once again they will live under my protection. They will grow crops of grain and be fruitful like a vineyard. They will be as famous as the wine of Lebanon.