On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:7Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
Song of Solomon 5:6I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
Treasury of Scripture
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.
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Psalm 4:4
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalm 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalm 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
him whom
Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Song of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
John 21:17
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
i sought him
Song of Solomon 5:6
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Job 23:8,9
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: …
Psalm 130:1,2
A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD…
