Judges 16:7

Modern English Version

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.”

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips will endure forever, but a lying tongue will endure for a moment.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

Romans 3:8

Why not rather say, “Let us do evil that good may come,” as we are slanderously accused and as some claim that we say? Their condemnation is just.

Galatians 6:7

Be not deceived. God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that will he also reap.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie one to another, since you have put off the old nature with its deeds,

Judges 16:10

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have deceived me. You have told me lies. Now, please tell me how you can be bound.”

Judges 16:6

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.”

Judges 16:8

So the Philistine rulers brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Judges 16:9

They lay in wait in her inner room. She said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” Then he split apart the bowstrings like a single thread is split apart at the touch of fire. So the source of his strength did not become known.

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul said to Michal, “Why have you betrayed me and sent away my enemy, so that he escaped?” And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’ ”

1 Samuel 27:10

Then Achish would say, “Where have you made a raid today?” And David would say, “Against the Negev of Judah,” or “Against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites,” or “Against the Negev of the Kenites.”