The Song of Songs 1:4
1:4 Draw me after you; let us hurry!
May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers!
The Maidens to the Lover:
We will rejoice and delight in you;
we will praise your love more than wine.
The Beloved to Her Lover:
How rightly the young women adore you!
Jeremiah 31:18
31:18 I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully,
‘We were like a calf untrained to the yoke.
You disciplined us and we learned from it.
Let us come back to you and we will do so,
for you are the Lord our God.
Luke 19:10
19:10 For the Son of Man came
to seek and to save the lost.”
Galatians 4:9
4:9 But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless
basic forces?
Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
Philippians 2:13
2:13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.
James 1:17
1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift
is from above, coming down
from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change.