Verse 21

So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 11:5 : 5 And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.
  • Isa 47:2 : 2 Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.
  • Matt 24:41 : 41 Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.
  • 2 Kgs 25:7 : 7 And they put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes, and then they put out his eyes, and chaining him with iron bands, took him to Babylon.
  • 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.
  • Ps 107:10-12 : 10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron; 11 Because they went against the words of God, and gave no thought to the laws of the Most High: 12 So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.
  • Ps 149:8 : 8 To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;
  • Prov 2:19 : 19 Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
  • Prov 5:22 : 22 The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.