Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
Lest we burn
Bible References
Entice
Judges 16:5
The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces."
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Is it really true that God said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?"
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,
Proverbs 6:26
for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
Micah 7:5
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
Lest we burn
Judges 12:1
The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!"
Judges 15:6
The Philistines asked, "Who did this?" They were told, "Samson, the Timnite's son-in-law, because the Timnite took Samson's bride and gave her to his best man." So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father.