Salute one another with a holy kiss.—Romans xvi. 16.
[See also Exod. xviii. 7; 1 Cor. xvi. 20; 1 Pet. v. 14.]
VALEDICTION.
The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband [Naomi to her daughters-in-law]. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.—Ruth i. 9.
RECONCILIATION.
So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.—2 Samuel xiv. 33.
SUBJECTION.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.—Psalm ii. 12.
APPROBATION.
Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.—Prov. xxiv. 26.