Verse 4

They contacted me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time.

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 16:6 : 6 So Delilah said to Samson,“Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.”
  • Judg 16:10 : 10 Delilah said to Samson,“Look, you deceived me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”
  • Judg 16:15-20 : 15 She said to him,“How can you say,‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.” 16 She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. 17 Finally he told her his secret. He said to her,“My hair has never been cut, for I have been dedicated to God from the time I was conceived. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.” 18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, she sent for the rulers of the Philistines, saying,“Come up here again, for he has told me his secret.” So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands. 19 She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him. 20 She said,“The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought,“I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the LORD had left him.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.
  • Prov 14:15 : 15 A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.
  • Luke 18:5 : 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Gal 2:5 : 5 But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.