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Song of Songs 5:16
His mouth is most sweet;
from The Bride, Song of Songs 5:10-16
What it says

She says his mouth is most sweet and that he is altogether desirable, her beloved and her friend.

What it is doing

This verse climaxes her praise by joining desire with personal devotion.

In context

10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, 11His head is purest gold; 12His eyes are like doves 13His cheeks are like beds of spice, 14His arms are rods of gold 15His legs are pillars of marble 16His mouth is most sweet;