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Judges Chapter 16

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After Gideon’s death the people of Israel were left without a leader and Abimelech, Gideon’s son, seized the opportunity to rule. He gathered the men of the tribe of Manasseh and offered to fight, but his plan was quickly uncovered and he was killed by the people. The chapter shows how rebellion and pride can lead to disaster and how the nation must rely on God’s protection.

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(1) Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
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Genesis 10:19Joshua 15:47Genesis 38:16Genesis 38:17Genesis 38:18Ezra 9:1Ezra 9:2

(2) And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.
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I Samuel 19:11I Samuel 23:26Psalms 118:10Psalms 118:11Psalms 118:12Acts 9:24II Corinthians 11:32II Corinthians 11:33Judges 15:18Matthew 21:38Matthew 27:1Acts 23:15

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Isaiah 15:1Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Genesis 19:2Exodus 12:42Exodus 13:21

(3) And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
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Psalms 107:16Isaiah 63:1Isaiah 63:2Isaiah 63:3Isaiah 63:4Isaiah 63:5Micah 2:13Acts 2:24

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Genesis 19:35Psalms 68:15

(4) And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
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I Kings 11:1Nehemiah 13:26Proverbs 22:14Proverbs 23:27Proverbs 26:11Proverbs 27:22I Corinthians 10:6

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16I Samuel 20:17Malachi 1:2

(5) And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
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Judges 3:3Joshua 13:3I Samuel 29:6Judges 14:15Proverbs 2:16Proverbs 2:17Proverbs 2:18Proverbs 2:19Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 5:4Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 5:6

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Judges 16:6II Kings 6:25Judges 16:18I Samuel 7:7Judges 16:15Exodus 38:17

(6) And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
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Psalms 12:2Proverbs 6:26Proverbs 7:21Proverbs 22:14Proverbs 26:28Jeremiah 9:2Jeremiah 9:3Jeremiah 9:4Jeremiah 9:5Micah 7:2Micah 7:5

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Judges 16:10Judges 16:13Judges 16:5Numbers 30:4Judges 16:15Judges 16:12

(7) And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
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Judges 16:10I Samuel 19:17I Samuel 21:2I Samuel 21:3I Samuel 27:10Proverbs 12:19Proverbs 17:7Romans 3:8Galatians 6:7Colossians 3:9

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Judges 16:8Judges 16:11I Corinthians 9:22

(8) Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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Ecclesiastes 7:26

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Judges 16:18I Samuel 7:7Judges 16:7I Samuel 6:4I Chronicles 12:19

(9) Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
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Psalms 58:9

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Judges 16:12Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9Judges 15:6I Samuel 7:7II Chronicles 26:6

(10) And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
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Judges 16:7Judges 16:13Judges 16:15Judges 16:16Judges 16:17Proverbs 23:7Proverbs 23:8Proverbs 24:28Ezekiel 33:31Luke 22:48

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Judges 16:13Judges 16:6Numbers 30:4Judges 16:12

(11) And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
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Proverbs 13:3Proverbs 13:5Proverbs 29:25Ephesians 4:25

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Zechariah 8:19Mark 2:18Judges 16:7I Corinthians 9:22

(12) Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
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Judges 16:9Judges 20:37Judges 15:6Judges 16:18I Samuel 7:7II Chronicles 26:6

(13) And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
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Judges 16:10Judges 16:6Numbers 30:4Judges 16:12

(14) And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
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Ezra 9:13Ezra 9:14Psalms 106:43

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Judges 16:20Judges 15:6I Samuel 7:7

(15) And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
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Judges 14:16Proverbs 2:16Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 5:4Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 5:6Proverbs 5:7Proverbs 5:8Proverbs 5:9Proverbs 5:10Proverbs 5:11Proverbs 5:12

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Luke 6:32Judges 16:5Judges 16:6Mark 12:33Hosea 3:1I John 2:15

(16) And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
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Proverbs 7:21Proverbs 7:22Proverbs 7:23Proverbs 7:26Proverbs 7:27Luke 11:8Luke 18:5Job 21:4Jonah 4:9Mark 14:24

(17) That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
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Proverbs 12:23Proverbs 29:12Micah 7:5Judges 13:5Numbers 6:5Acts 18:18

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Isaiah 14:10Genesis 29:10Judges 13:5I Corinthians 9:22

(18) And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
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Psalms 62:9Proverbs 18:8Jeremiah 9:4Jeremiah 9:5Jeremiah 9:6Judges 16:5Numbers 22:7I Kings 21:20Matthew 26:15Ephesians 5:5I Timothy 6:10

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I Samuel 7:7I Samuel 6:4I Chronicles 12:19II Kings 12:4Judges 16:28Joshua 13:3

(19) And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
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Proverbs 7:21Proverbs 7:22Proverbs 7:23Proverbs 7:26Proverbs 7:27Proverbs 23:33Proverbs 23:34Ecclesiastes 7:26

(20) And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
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Judges 16:3Judges 16:9Judges 16:14Deuteronomy 32:30Isaiah 42:24Hosea 7:9Numbers 14:9Numbers 14:42Numbers 14:43Joshua 7:12I Samuel 16:14I Samuel 18:12

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Judges 16:14Judges 15:6I Samuel 7:7

(21) But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
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Proverbs 5:22Proverbs 14:14Proverbs 2:19II Kings 25:7II Chronicles 33:11Psalms 107:10Psalms 107:11Psalms 107:12Psalms 149:8Exodus 11:5Isaiah 47:2Matthew 24:41

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II Kings 25:7I Samuel 7:7Genesis 39:20Mark 5:4

(22) Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
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Leviticus 26:44Deuteronomy 32:36Psalms 106:44Psalms 106:45Psalms 107:13Psalms 107:14

(23) Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
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I Samuel 5:2I Samuel 5:3I Samuel 5:4I Samuel 5:5Jeremiah 2:11Micah 4:5Romans 1:23Romans 1:24Romans 1:25I Corinthians 8:4I Corinthians 8:5I Corinthians 10:20

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I Samuel 7:7Judges 16:18Malachi 1:8Exodus 16:18Leviticus 26:25Numbers 11:32

(24) And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.
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Deuteronomy 32:27Isaiah 37:20Ezekiel 20:14Daniel 5:4Daniel 5:23Habakkuk 1:16Revelation 11:10Judges 15:8Judges 15:16

(25) And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
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Judges 9:27Judges 18:20Judges 19:6Judges 19:9II Samuel 13:28I Kings 20:12Esther 3:15Isaiah 22:13Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:3Matthew 14:6Matthew 14:7

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Judges 16:27Exodus 38:17Judges 16:26Judges 16:29I Kings 7:41II Chronicles 4:12

(26) And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
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Exodus 38:17Judges 16:25I Kings 7:41II Chronicles 4:12

(27) Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
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Judges 9:51Deuteronomy 22:8Joshua 2:8II Samuel 11:2

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Exodus 1:19Judges 5:24I Samuel 15:33I Kings 11:1Esther 2:3Esther 2:12

(28) And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
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II Chronicles 20:12Psalms 50:15Psalms 91:15Psalms 116:4Lamentations 3:31Lamentations 3:32Hebrews 11:32Psalms 74:18Psalms 74:19Psalms 74:20Psalms 74:21Psalms 74:22

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Exodus 30:10Judges 6:39Judges 16:18I Samuel 18:25Leviticus 26:42Judges 15:6

(29) And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
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Exodus 38:17Judges 16:25I Kings 7:41II Chronicles 4:12I Kings 6:8

(30) And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
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Matthew 16:25Acts 20:24Acts 21:13Philippians 2:17Philippians 2:30Hebrews 12:1Hebrews 12:2Hebrews 12:3Hebrews 12:4Job 20:5Job 31:3Psalms 62:3

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Judges 5:27II Chronicles 25:4I Chronicles 12:19Numbers 31:8Judges 7:25I Samuel 4:2

(31) Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
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John 19:39John 19:40John 19:41John 19:42Judges 13:2Judges 13:25Joshua 19:41Judges 15:20

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II Chronicles 2:10Judges 10:2I Kings 6:20Ezekiel 45:12Genesis 49:31

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