Judges 16:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.”

Cross References

Proverbs 12:19

Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 17:7

Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.

Romans 3:8

And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. 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, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices

Judges 16:10

And Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies; please tell me how you might be bound.”

Judges 16:6

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

Judges 16:8

Then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

Judges 16:9

Now she had men lying in wait in an inner chamber. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings, as a string of tow snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

1 Samuel 19:17

Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, 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

When Achish asked, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”