Love as Strong as Death: The Most Dangerous Claim in Scripture About What Love Is, Song of Solomon 8:6-7
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh. Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned., The Song's climax declares love a cosmic force rivaling death — and prices it beyond all wealth.
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