Song of Solomon 4:9

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.

The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;