Judges 16

Treated in 8 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 2
  • 16:20 And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him. 2
  • 16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 1
  • 16:17 And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 1
  • 16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 1
  • 16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites Judges 16:19

    …pirit, he worked wonders, amazing his people and defeating the enemies of the Lord but in Judges 16:19-20, we see him deserted of the Lord, though unconscious of it, his strength left him and …

  2. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    A Brief Account of the Author’s Call to the Work of the Ministry cites Judg. 16.29

    … did bring guilt upon my own conscience! ‘Let me die,’ thought I, ‘with the Philistines’ (Judg. 16.29, 30), rather than deal corruptly with the blessed Word of God, ‘Thou that teachest anothe…

  3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Effectual calling cites Judg. xvi. 20

    …sist a temptation, or grapple with a corruption; sin cut the lock where our strength lay (Judg. xvi. 20). Nay, there is not only impotency, but obstinacy, “Ye do always resist the Holy Ghost” (…

  4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites Judges 16:10

    … Scripture. Thus Delilah says to Sampson, "behold thou hast mocked me, and told me lies." Judges 16:10, 13; i.e., "Thou hast baffled me, as though you would have made a fool of me, as if I mig…

  5. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    The Power of Intercession cites Judges 16:6

    …e where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could subdue you. “Judges 16:6. It is the question we fain would have answered of the men who of old, and in later times…

  6. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites Judges 16:6

    … “Brethren, pray for us.” July 8 “Tell me I pray thee wherein thy great strength lieth.” (Judges 16:6) Where lies the secret strength of faith? It lies in the food it feeds on; for faith stud…

  7. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    December cites Jdg 16:20

    …es wist not that his face shone, and Samson wist not that the Lord had departed from him (Jdg 16:20). There is a tragic as well as a blessed unconsciousness. Let us see to it that we watch …

  8. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ alone advanceth this government cites Judges xvi. 17

    …ave from ‘Christ. Since the fall, all our strength lies in him, ‘as Samson's in his hair, Judges xvi. 17; we are but subordinate agents, moving as we are moved, and working as we are first wroug…