Judges 16:10

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

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KJV

And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

ASV

And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

YLT

And Delilah saith unto Samson, `Lo, thou hast played upon me, and speakest unto me lies; now, declare, I pray thee, to me, wherewith thou art bound.'

DBT

And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now tell me, I pray thee, with what thou mightest be bound.

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This having failed, Delilah, as if she had been mocked began with complaints to renew her arts and to require a pledge of his love.

Ambrose of Milan· Letter 19, 397patristic

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And Delilah said unto Samson,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

But first, it is probable, that Samson had in some measure repented of his sin, and begged of God pardon and assistance. 2.This singular strength and courage was not in itself a grace, but a gift, and it was such a gift as did not so much depend on the disposition of his mind, but on the right ordering of his body, by the rule given to him, and others of that order.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

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Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Luke 22:48
But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
Proverbs 24:28
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Judges 16:13
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Matthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Proverbs 23:7–8
for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
Judges 16:7
Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
Judges 16:15–17
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
Nehemiah 6:4
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

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PersonJudgesSamsonThe Nazirite judge of supernatural strength and unguarded appetites; betrayed by Delilah, blinded at Gaza, he slew more in his dea…

About this book

Samson and Delilah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

Judges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
Date: Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
leads to
- Matthew 13:22
  The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Psalms 78:36–37
  But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
- James 1:22–24
  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Luke 11:28
  But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
Through
Luke 22:48
But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”
leads to
- Mark 14:44–46
  Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him and lead Him away securely.”
- 2 Samuel 20:9–10
  “Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- Matthew 26:48–50
  Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him.”

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