Song of Songs 4:13

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

Cross-reference

Song of Solomon 4:14 continues the list of spices and plants, completing the garden scene begun in this verse.

Song of Solomon 4:16 continues the garden scene, calling for spices to flow — direct sequential parallel.

Song of Solomon 6:2 continues the garden metaphor — the beloved enters the garden of spices, echoing the description here.

Song of Solomon 6:11 also describes an orchard with pomegranates, using the same imagery of fruit trees and blossoms as here.

Song of Solomon 7:12 similarly mentions pomegranates in bloom in a vineyard setting, echoing the orchard imagery of this verse.

Song of Solomon 8:2 speaks of 'the juice of my pomegranate', continuing the fruit imagery from the beloved's orchard.

Song of Solomon 5:1 depicts the beloved entering the garden and gathering myrrh and spice from 4:13 — narrative continuation.

Song of Solomon 1:14 also mentions henna blossoms, linking the beloved's cluster of henna to the garden's plants here.

Song of Songs 5:5 Related theme

Song of Solomon 5:5 mentions myrrh on the beloved's hands — same perfume image but in a dream sequence.

Ecclesiastes 2:5 recounts Solomon planting gardens with all kinds of fruit trees, directly paralleling the orchard of choicest fruits here.

Psalm 45:8 Parallel

Psalm 45:8 uses myrrh and aloes similarly, both in royal wedding imagery — a parallel in fragrant spices.