I love those who love me, and those who seek me early find me.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work nor reasoning nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol where you go.

Shulamite: I went down to the garden of nuts to see the greenery of the valley, to see whether the vine had budded and the pomegranates had bloomed.

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking heart;

and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, Let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the Word of the Lord, and see how they are holding on.

Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know, yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you; unless indeed you are ones failing the test?

For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest somehow the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we also desire to see you;

watching carefully that no one fall short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and through this many become defiled;

And again: I will put My trust in Him. And again: Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.

and set free those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

How beautiful and how pleasant you are, O love; so exquisite!

Shulamite: Awake, O north wind, and come, O south! Blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden and eat its excellent fruits.

And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, everything which I will command you concerning the children of Israel.

Then I will go to the altar of God, the Mighty God, my exceeding joy; yea, on the harp I will give thanks to You, O God, my God.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.

My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips,

Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice.

Whom have I in Heaven besides You? And there is no one I desire on earth.

For thrones are set there for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord Jehovah, there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and the firstfruits of your sacrifices, together with all your holy things.

I will accept you as a soothing aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the lands where you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the nations.

And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

For the love of Christ holds us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;

and He died for all, that those who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.