Song of Songs 3:1

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Cross-reference

In Song 1:7, the same speaker asks where to find her beloved — a parallel seeking motif with similar longing.

Song 5:6 repeats the same search and failure — a parallel scene of seeking the beloved without finding.

In Song 5:8, the beloved is sought again, with a charge to others — same longing and sense of loss.

In Song 5:2, the beloved knocks at night while the bride hesitates — a later scene in the same story of seeking and finding.