Judges 16:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me wherein your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 6:4

And they sent to me four times in this way and I answered them in the same manner.

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 6:26

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

Proverbs 7:21

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

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 14:17

She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.

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.”

Judges 16:7

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