Song of Solomon 2:5

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Song of Solomon 2

3 songs meet this passage

  • “You really know how to make me cry”

    ocean eyes · Billie Eilish

    resonates with Song of Solomon 2:5

    Scripture itself doesn't shy from the overwhelming, almost destabilizing force of romantic longing; this lyric sits in that same honest emotional register.

  • “I need your lovin', lovin', I need it now”

    Sugar · Maroon 5

    resonates with Song of Solomon 2:5

    Scripture itself has room for the ache of romantic desire and lovesickness; the longing here isn't inherently wrong, just intensely focused on a person.

  • “What a curse it is to be a lover girl”

    Lover Girl · Laufey

    resonates with Song of Solomon 2:5

    Scripture itself gives voice to the dizzy, lovesick ache this song describes, showing romantic longing isn't inherently shameful.

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