Judges 16:10

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Judges 16:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.

9 While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.

10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”

11 He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”

12 So Delilah took new ropes, tied him up with them, and called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But while the men were hidden in her room, he snapped the ropes off his arms like they were threads.

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Judges 16:7

Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”

Judges 16:13

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man. ”

Judges 16:15

“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

Judges 16:16

Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

Judges 16:17

Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

Proverbs 23:7

for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 23:8

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Ezekiel 33:31

So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Luke 22:48

But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”