Verse 12

Samson said to them,“I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 “Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.
  • Gen 45:22 : 22 He gave sets of clothes to each one of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothes.
  • 1 Kgs 10:1 : 1 Solomon Entertains a Queen When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.
  • 2 Kgs 5:5 : 5 The king of Syria said,“Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten suits of clothes.
  • 2 Kgs 5:22 : 22 He answered,“Everything is fine. My master sent me with this message,‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. Please give them a talent of silver and two suits of clothes.’”
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles.
  • Gen 29:27-28 : 27 Complete my older daughter’s bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work.” 28 Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah’s bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.
  • 2 Chr 7:8 : 8 At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Stream of Egypt in the south.
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then I said,“O Sovereign LORD! They are saying of me,‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
  • Matt 13:13 : 13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.
  • Matt 13:34 : 34 The Purpose of Parables Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.
  • Matt 27:28 : 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,
  • Mark 14:51-52 : 51 A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him, 52 but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.
  • Luke 14:7 : 7 On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,
  • John 16:29 : 29 His disciples said,“Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!
  • 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
  • Jas 5:2 : 2 Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.