1Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her.

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Joshua 15:47, Joshua 15:47, Ezra 9:1, Ezra 9:2, Genesis 38:16

2And it was tolde to the Azzahites, Samson is come hither. And they went about, and laied wayte for him all night in the gate of the citie, and were quiet all the nyght, saying, Abide till the morning earely, and we shall kill him.

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1 Samuel 23:26, Psalms 118:10, Psalms 118:12, 1 Samuel 23:26, Psalms 118:10

3And Samson slept till midnight, and arose at midnight, and tooke the doores of the gates of the citie, and the two postes and lift them away with the barres, and put them vpon his shoulders, and caried them vp to the top of the mountaine that is before Hebron.

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Psalms 107:16, Acts 2:24, Micah 2:13, Isaiah 63:1, Isaiah 63:5

4And after this hee loued a woman by the riuer of Sorek, whose name was Delilah:

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1 Corinthians 10:6, Proverbs 22:14, 1 Corinthians 10:6, Proverbs 22:14, 1 Kings 11:1

5Vnto whome came the princes of the Philistims, and said vnto her, Entise him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what meane we may ouercome him, that we may binde him, and punish him, and euery one of vs shall giue thee eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer.

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Judges 14:15, Joshua 13:3, Judges 14:15, Joshua 13:3, 1 Timothy 6:9

6And Delilah saide to Samson, Tell mee, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest bee bound, to doe thee hurt.

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Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 26:28, Jeremiah 9:2, Jeremiah 9:5, Proverbs 7:21

7Samson then answered vnto her, If they binde mee with seuen greene cordes, that were neuer dryed, then shall I bee weake, and be as an other man.

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Colossians 3:9, Romans 3:8, 1 Samuel 27:10, Judges 16:10, 1 Samuel 19:17

8And the princes of the Philistims brought her seuen greene cordes that were not dry, and she bound him therewith.

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Ecclesiastes 7:26, Ecclesiastes 7:26

9(And she had men lying in wayte with her in the chamber) Then she said vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And hee brake the cordes, as a threede of towe is broken, when it feeleth fire: so his strength was not knowen.

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Psalms 58:9, Psalms 58:9

10After Delilah saide vnto Samson, See, thou hast mocked mee and tolde mee lies. I pray thee nowe, tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound.

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Judges 16:13, Judges 16:13, Proverbs 24:28, Luke 22:48, Ezekiel 33:31

11Then he answered her, If they binde mee with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shall I be weake, and be as an other man.

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Judges 15:13, Ephesians 4:25, Proverbs 13:3, Proverbs 29:25, Proverbs 13:5

12Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes, and bounde him therewith, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wayte in the chamber) and hee brake them from his armes, as a threede.

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13Afterward Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast beguiled mee, and tolde me lies: tell me how thou mightest be bounde. And he sayde vnto her, If thou plattedst seuen lockes of mine head with the threedes of the woufe.

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14And she fastened it with a pinne, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and went away with the pinne of the webbe and the woufe.

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Ezra 9:13, Ezra 9:14, Psalms 106:43, Ezra 9:13, Ezra 9:14

15Againe shee sayde vnto him, Howe canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked mee these three times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength lieth.

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Judges 14:16, Judges 14:16, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 2:16, 1 John 2:15

16And because shee was importunate vpon him with her wordes continually, and vexed him, his soule was pained vnto the death.

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Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 7:23, Jonah 4:9

17Therefore he tolde her all his heart, and said vnto her, There neuer came rasor vpon mine head: for I am a Nazarite vnto God from my mothers wombe: therefore if I bee shauen, my strength will goe from me, and I shalbe weake, and be like all other men.

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Micah 7:5, Micah 7:5, Proverbs 12:23, Judges 13:5, Proverbs 12:23

18And when Delilah sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent, and called for the Princes of ye Philistims, saying, Come vp once againe: for he hath shewed mee all his heart. Then the Princes of the Philistims came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes.

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Matthew 26:15, 1 Timothy 6:10, Judges 16:5, Matthew 26:15, 1 Timothy 6:10

19And she made him sleepe vpon her knees, and she called a man, and made him to shaue off the seuen lockes of his head, and shee began to vexe him, and his strength was gone from him.

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Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 7:26, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 7:21

20Then she said, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And hee awoke out of his sleepe, and thought, I will go out now as at other times, and shake my selfe, but he knewe not that the Lord was departed from him.

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Numbers 14:42, Numbers 14:43, Numbers 14:42, Numbers 14:43, 1 Samuel 16:14

21Therefore the Philistims tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters: and hee did grinde in the prison house.

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Proverbs 2:19, Proverbs 2:19, Matthew 24:41, Isaiah 47:2, Proverbs 14:14

22And the heare of his head began to growe againe after that it was shauen.

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Psalms 107:13, Psalms 107:14, Psalms 107:13, Psalms 107:14, Psalms 106:44

23Then the Princes of the Philistims gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce: for they said, Our god hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes.

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1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 5:5, Proverbs 24:17, 1 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 5:5

24Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.

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Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:4, 1 Samuel 31:9, Daniel 5:23, Isaiah 37:20

25And when their heartes were merie, they said, Call Samson, that he may make vs pastime. So they called Samson out of the prison house, and he was a laughing stocke vnto them, and they set him betweene the pillars.

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2 Samuel 13:28, Judges 9:27, Judges 19:6, 2 Samuel 13:28, Judges 9:27

26Then Samson saide vnto the seruant that led him by the hande, Lead me, that I may touch the pillars that the house standeth vpon, and that I may leane to them.

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27(Nowe the house was full of men and women, and there were all the princes of the Philistims: also vpon the roofe were about three thousande men and women that behelde while Samson played)

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Deuteronomy 22:8, Deuteronomy 22:8, 2 Samuel 11:2, Joshua 2:8, 2 Samuel 11:2

28Then Samson called vnto the Lord, and sayde, O Lord God, I pray thee, thinke vpon me: O God, I beseech thee, strengthen me at this time onely, that I may be at once auenged of the Philistims for my two eyes.

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Lamentations 3:31, Lamentations 3:32, Jeremiah 15:15, Lamentations 3:31, Lamentations 3:32

29And Samson layd hold on the two middle pillars whereupon the house stood, and on which it was borne vp: on the one with his right hand, and on the other with his left.

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30Then Samson saide, Let me lose my life with the Philistims: and he bowed him with all his might, and the house fell vpon the princes, and vpon all the people that were therein. so the dead which he slewe at his death were more then they which he had slaine in his life.

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Philippians 2:8, Matthew 16:25, Philippians 2:8, Matthew 16:25, Psalms 62:3

31Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came downe and tooke him, and brought him vp and buryed him betweene Zorah and Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah his father: nowe he had iudged Israel twenty yeeres.

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Judges 15:20, Judges 15:20, Judges 13:2, Judges 13:25, Judges 13:2