Judges 16:15

“And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.”

"And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth." - Judges 16:15
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What does Judges 16:15 mean?

The Bible verse Judges 16:15 from the King James Version (KJV) reads, "And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth." This verse is part of…

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The Illusion of Strength: A Lesson from Samson and Delilah

Judges 16:15 (KJV) reads: "And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth." This poignant confrontation between Delilah and Samson encapsulates…

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A Prayer for the Strength of True Love

Heavenly Father, In the stillness of the moment, I come before You, acknowledging the profound need for discernment in all matters of my heart. As I meditate on Judges 16:15, where Delilah challenges Samson with the words, "How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is…

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Judges 16:15 - "¶ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth."
Judges 15:16 - "And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men."
Judges 15:15
Acts 16:15 - "And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us."
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"And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men." - Judges 15:16
Judges 2:16 - "¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them."
Judges 9:8-15
John 8:15 - "Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man."
Judges 15:20 - "And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years."
Sampson's strength judges 16:30
Judges 15:15 - "And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith."
Jeremiah 22:15-16 - "Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD."
Judges 16:16 - "And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;"
Judges 16:1 - "Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her."
Proverbs 8:16 - "By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth."
Judges 4:15 – "The Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword."
Judges 15:9 - "¶ Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi."
Judges 16:22 - "Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven."
Ezekiel 16:38 - "And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy."
Judges 21:15 - "And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel."
Judges 16:4 - "¶ And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah."
John 16:11 - "Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged."
Judges 12:15 - "And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites."
Judges 8:16 - "And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth."
"And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years." - Judges 15:20
"Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man." - John 8:15
1 Samuel 24:15 - "The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand."
Judges 6:16 - "And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man."