10And 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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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.
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. …
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-17)The burnt child dreads the fire; yet Samson, that has more than the strength of a man, in this comes short of the wisdom of a child; for, though he had been more than once brought into the highest degree of mischief and danger by the love of women and lusting after them, yet he would not take warning, but is here again taken in the same snare, and this third time pays for all. Solomon seems to ref…
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