Judges 16:7

New King James Version

And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

The truthful lip shall be established forever, But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince.

Romans 3:8

And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.

Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Colossians 3:9

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

Judges 16:10

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have mocked me and told me lies. Now, please tell me what you may be bound with.”

Judges 16:6

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”

Judges 16:8

So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings, not yet dried, and she bound him with them.

Judges 16:9

Now men were lying in wait, staying with her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he broke the bowstrings as a strand of yarn breaks when it touches fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

1 Samuel 19:17

Then Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this, and sent my enemy away, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered 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 southern area of Judah, or against the southern area of the Jerahmeelites, or against the southern area of the Kenites.”