Cross references

Song of Solomon 1:3

The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing;

your name is like perfume poured out.

No wonder the maidens adore you.

Song of Solomon 1:3 BSB

Song of Solomon 1:3 has 26 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 7:1 (9 votes) and Exodus 30:23–28 (8 votes). 27 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Exodus 30 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Song of Solomon 1:3 point to?

The 20 strongest of 26, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

  2. “Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane, 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil. …

  3. How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

  4. John 12:38 votes

    Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

  5. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy. All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

  6. Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

  7. These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

  8. In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.

  9. It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.

  10. But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. …

  11. His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.

Which verses point to Song of Solomon 1:3?

The 10 strongest of 27.