Judges 14:17

Tree of Life Version

But she wept before him the seven days while their banquet lasted. So it was on the seventh day he told her, because she nagged him. Then she told the riddle to the sons of her people.

Cross References

Genesis 3:6

Now the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a thing of lust for the eyes, and that the tree was desirable for imparting wisdom. So she took of its fruit and she ate. She also gave to her husband who was with her and he ate.

Job 2:9

Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Proverbs 7:21

With her persistent pleading she entices him, with smooth talk she seduces him.

Jeremiah 9:3

Beware, everyone, of your neighbor! Don’t even trust a brother. For every brother grabs like Jacob and every neighbor spreads slander.

Micah 7:5

Do not trust in a friend. Do not trust in a close companion. Guard the openings of your mouth from her who lies on your breast.

Luke 11:8

I tell you, even if the friend will not get up and give him anything out of friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

Judges 14:16

So Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me! You don’t love me! You proposed a riddle to the sons of my people—yet you haven’t explained it to me!” “Look,” he said, “I haven’t explained it to my father or my mother, so should I explain it to you?”

Judges 14:18

So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” But he responded to them, “If you hadn’t plowed with my heifer, you wouldn’t have solved my riddle.”

Judges 16:13

So Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you’ve mocked me and told me lies! Tell me how you can be bound!” He told her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web of a loom.”

Judges 16:16

Now it came about when she nagged him daily with her speeches and kept bothering him, his soul was annoyed to death.

Judges 16:6

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me please, where does your great strength come from? How could you be bound to subdue you?”