Judges 16:6

Modern English Version

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me how your strength is so great and how you could be bound in order to be subdued.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:4

Four more times they sent for me like this, but I answered them the same way.

Psalm 12:2

They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the Lord will fall into it.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those that are crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 6:26

for the price of a prostitute leaves a man with a loaf of bread, and an adulteress preys upon his precious life.

Proverbs 7:21

With her enticing speech she led him astray; with her flattering lips she seduced him.

Micah 7:2

The godly has perished from the earth, and no one is upright among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; each hunts his brother with a net.

Micah 7:5

Do not trust in a companion, do not rely on a friend; from her who lies in your embrace, guard the doors of your mouth.

Judges 14:17

She wept on him for the seven days of the feast, then on the seventh day he told it to her because she had nagged him. Then she explained the riddle to her people.

Judges 16:5

The Philistine rulers came up to her and said, “Trick him! Find out about how his strength is so great and how we can overcome him, bind him, and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver coins. ”

Judges 16:7

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like an ordinary man.”