Judges 16:9

New King James Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns, He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, As in His living and burning wrath.

Judges 15:14

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands.

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 16:7

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.”

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.