Judges 14:15

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when the seventh day had arrived, they said to the wife of Samson: "Coax your husband, and persuade him to reveal to you what the proposition means. But if you are not willing to do so, we will burn you and your father's house. Or have you called us to the wedding in order to despoil us?"

Cross References

Proverbs 1:11

If they should say: "Come with us. We will lie in wait for blood. We will lay traps against the innocent, without cause.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.

Proverbs 6:26

For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.

Micah 7:5

Do not be willing to believe a friend. And do not be willing to confide in a commander. From her, who sleeps in your bosom, keep the doors of your mouth closed.

Judges 12:1

And behold, a sedition rose up in Ephraim. Then, while passing by toward the north, they said to Jephthah: "When you were going to fight against the sons of Ammon, why were you unwilling to summon us, so that we might go with you? Therefore, we will burn down your house."

Judges 14:14

And he said to them, "Food went forth from that which eats, and sweetness went forth from that which is strong." And they were unable to solve the proposition for three days.

Judges 15:6

And the Philistines said, "Who has done this thing?" And it was said: "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another. He has done these things." And the Philistines went up and burned the woman as well as her father.

Judges 16:5

And the leaders of the Philistines went to her, and they said: "Deceive him, and learn from him wherein lies his great strength, and how we may be able to overcome him and to impose restraints on him. And if you will do this, each one of us will give you one thousand one hundred silver coins."