1Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

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Joshua 19:43, Joshua 15:10, Joshua 19:43, Joshua 15:10, 1 John 2:16

2He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as wife."

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Genesis 34:4, Genesis 34:4, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 24:3

3Then his father and his mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" And Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is the right one for me."

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Judges 15:18, 1 Samuel 17:36, Judges 15:18, 1 Samuel 17:36, 1 Samuel 31:4

4But his father and his mother did not know that it was of the Lord, for he sought for an opportunity against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.

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Joshua 11:20, Joshua 11:20, Judges 13:1, Psalms 115:3, Judges 13:1

5Then Samson went down with his father and his mother to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him.

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6And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat. And he had nothing in his hand, but he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

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Judges 3:10, Judges 3:10, 1 Samuel 11:6, Judges 13:25, 1 Samuel 11:6

7He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson.

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8After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

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Matthew 1:20, Genesis 29:21, Matthew 1:20, Genesis 29:21

9He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. And he came to his father and mother, and gave to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

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1 Samuel 14:25, 1 Samuel 14:30, 1 Samuel 14:25, 1 Samuel 14:30, Proverbs 25:15

10His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, since young men used to do so.

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Genesis 29:22, Matthew 22:2, Matthew 22:4, Revelation 19:9, Ecclesiastes 10:19

11It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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John 3:29, 1 Samuel 16:6, 1 Samuel 10:23, Matthew 9:15, John 3:29

12Samson said to them, "Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If you can explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and figure it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.

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Genesis 45:22, 1 Kings 10:1, Ezekiel 17:2, Genesis 45:22, 1 Kings 10:1

13But if you can't explain it to me, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing." And they said to him, "Propose your riddle, we want to hear it."

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14He said to them, "Out of the eater came forth food. Out of the strong came forth sweetness." They couldn't in three days declare the riddle.

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James 1:2, James 1:4, 1 Kings 17:6, James 1:2, James 1:4

15And it happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Is it not so?"

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Judges 15:6, Judges 16:5, Judges 15:6, Judges 16:5, Proverbs 1:11

16Samson's wife wept before him, and said, "You just hate me, and do not love me. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and haven't told it me." And he said to her, "Behold, I haven't told it to my father or my mother, and shall I tell you?"

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Judges 16:15, Judges 16:15, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:24

17She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

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Judges 16:16, Judges 16:16, Judges 16:6, Luke 18:4, Luke 18:5

18The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have found out my riddle."

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19The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their belongings, and gave their garments to those who explained the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

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1 Samuel 11:6, Judges 3:10, 1 Samuel 11:6, Judges 3:10, Judges 13:25

20But Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.

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Judges 15:2, Judges 15:2, John 3:29, John 3:29, John 13:18