1 Samson went down to Timnah and saw there one of the Philistine women.
2 On his return he told his father and mother, "There is a Philistine woman I saw in Timnah whom I wish you to get as a wife for me."
3 His father and mother said to him, "Can you find no wife among your kinsfolk or among all our people, that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson answered his father, "Get her for me, for she pleases me."
4 Now his father and mother did not know that this had been brought about by the LORD, who was providing an opportunity against the Philistines; for at that time they had dominion over Israel.
5 So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother. When they had come to the vineyards of Timnah, a young lion came roaring to meet him.
6 But the spirit of the LORD came upon Samson, and although he had no weapons, he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a kid.
7 However, on the journey to speak for the woman, he did not mention to his father or mother what he had done.
8 Later, when he returned to marry the woman who pleased him, he stepped aside to look at the remains of the lion and found a swarm of bees and honey in the lion's carcass.
9 So he scooped the honey out into his palms and ate it as he went along. When he came to his father and mother, he gave them some to eat, without telling them that he had scooped the honey from the lion's carcass.
10 His father also went down to the woman, and Samson gave a banquet there, since it was customary for the young men to do this.
11 When they met him, they brought thirty men to be his companions.
12 Samson said to them, "Let me propose a riddle to you. If within the seven days of the feast you solve it for me successfully, I will give you thirty linen tunics and thirty sets of garments.
13 But if you cannot answer it for me, you must give me thirty tunics and thirty sets of garments." "Propose your riddle," they responded; "we will listen to it."
14 So he said to them, "Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness." After three days' failure to answer the riddle,
15 they said on the fourth day to Samson's wife, "Coax your husband to answer the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your family. Did you invite us here to reduce us to poverty?"
16 At Samson's side, his wife wept and said, "You must hate me; you do not love me, for you have proposed a riddle to my countrymen, but have not told me the answer." He said to her, "If I have not told it even to my father or my mother, must I tell it to you?"
17 But she wept beside him during the seven days the feast lasted. On the seventh day, since she importuned him, he told her the answer, and she explained the riddle to her countrymen.
18 On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion?" He replied to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle."
19 The spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, where he killed thirty of their men and despoiled them; he gave their garments to those who had answered the riddle. Then he went off to his own family in anger,
20 and Samson's wife was married to the one who had been best man at his wedding.
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Judges 14 tells the story of Samson, one of the judges of Israel, who asks his parents to look for a wife for him among the Philistines. They agree, but Samson falls in love with a woman who doesn't please her parents. During the wedding, Samson proposes a riddle to the party guests, who is only resolved with the help of Samson's wife. He gets furious and kills thirty Philistine men to fulfill the bet. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in judges 14.
Proverbs 14:15: "The fool believes in everything, but the prudent man knows how to think of his actions." Samson acts impulsively in judges 14, being carried away by their emotions and desires without considering the consequences of their actions.
Ecclesiastes 7:9: "Do not hurry to get angry, as irritation is at the root of many mistakes." Samson's anger at the puzzle of the puzzle leads him to act hastily and violently, killing thirty Philistine men.
Isaiah 1:18: "Come, and let us, say the LORD," even if your sins are like scarlet, they will become white like snow; even if they are red as Carmesim, they will become like white wool. " Even after his mistake in Judges 14, Samson has the opportunity to regret and find redemption.
Matthew 7:6: "Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor throw their pearls to the pigs, for they shall tread them and, turning them, shaking them." Samson's wife in Judges 14, despite helping to solve the riddle, ends up betraying him and revealing the answer to the Philistines. This shows the importance of carefully choosing those we trust.
Colossians 3:23: "Everything they do, do with all the heart, as for the Lord and not to men." The story of Samson in Judges 14 serves as a reminder that we must always seek God's will in our actions and not let us lead by our own selfish desires.
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