Song of Songs 8:5
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
Cross-reference
In Song 2:3, the woman delights to sit in her beloved’s shade—a parallel image of resting on him, echoing the leaning posture in 8:5.
In Song 3:4, the woman finds her beloved and holds him—direct parallel to leaning on him in 8:5, both expressing physical attachment.
Song 3:6 uses the same question 'coming up from the wilderness' for Solomon's procession, echoing the bride's arrival here.
Song 4:8 calls the bride to come from Lebanon, a journey invitation that parallels the bride coming up from the wilderness.
Isaiah 36:6 warns against leaning on a broken reed (Egypt) — contrasting with the secure leaning on a faithful beloved in Song.
John 13:23 shows the beloved disciple leaning on Jesus at the Last Supper — a direct parallel to the bride leaning on her beloved.
Jeremiah 2:2 recalls Israel's bridal devotion in the wilderness — the same wilderness setting where the beloved leans on her lover.