Song 4:9-12 describes the beloved as a garden with wine, honey, milk and spices — directly setting up the garden feast in chapter 5.

Song 4:9-12 also presents the beloved as a garden of delights, directly paralleling the banquet imagery in this verse.

In Song 4:14, the garden is described with spices and myrrh; here the beloved enters that garden to gather them. Direct continuation of the imagery.

Song 4:16 invites the beloved to come and eat; here in 5:1 he responds directly, entering the garden—a clear narrative continuation.

Song of Solomon 1:13 also uses myrrh as a symbol of the beloved's intimacy, echoing the sensual imagery here.

Song of Solomon 4:11 describes the bride's lips dripping honey and milk, directly paralleling the honey and milk imagery here.

Song of Solomon 7:8 continues the garden/fruit imagery of enjoying the beloved, like the gathering and eating here.

Song of Solomon 7:13 speaks of laying up choice fruits for the beloved, mirroring the gathering of garden produce here.

Song of Solomon 8:2 also offers spiced wine to the beloved, continuing the drink imagery from the feast here.

Song 6:2 says the beloved went down to his garden—echoing the garden visit begun in 5:1, reinforcing the same intimate setting.

In Psalm 45:8, myrrh and spices adorn the royal wedding garments — the same fragrant elements in a wedding context.