Judges 14:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, “Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”

Cross References

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us wantonly ambush the innocent;

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 6:26

for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.

Micah 7:5

Put no trust in a neighbor, have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;

Judges 12:1

The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire.”

Judges 14:14

And he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” And they could not in three days tell what the riddle was.

Judges 15:6

Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” And the Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.

Judges 16:5

And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to subdue him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”