7And 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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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
And not rather,(as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
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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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