Song of Songs 2:7

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Cross-reference

Song 3:5 repeats this verse verbatim — the same charge not to awaken love before its time.

In Song 5:8, the same adjuration formula is used but now the woman asks the daughters to help find her beloved instead of warning not to stir love.

Song 8:4 repeats this verse nearly verbatim, again commanding not to stir up love prematurely.