Song of Solomon 8:7

Render, 'If a man were ready to give the whole substance of his house for love, could any one despise him? 'No. It is better worth the purchase than anything else on earth.

8, 9. The solicitude which the brothers once felt concerning their sister. If she repels all improper advances they will do her honour: if she is weak they will carefully guard her. When she hath no breasts, she is not of marriageable age. To be spoken foris to be asked in marriage.