“In many places the sacred Scripture has avoided the term "desire," replacing it with "love." At times, however, even if somewhat rarely, it uses precisely the term "desire" and invites and urges the soul to this, as in Proverbs when it says of wisdom, "Desire her, and she will serve you. Hold her close, and she will m…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS, PREFACE
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2I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty.
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1Wisdom reacheth from one end to another mightily: and sweetly doth she order all things.
— Wisdom of Solomon 8:2 —
3In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility: yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.
4For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.