Judges 15:2

Her father said, "Because I honestly thought that you hated her deeply, I gave her in marriage to your best man. Isn't her younger sister better than she? Please then, let her be yours instead."

Judges 14:20

and Samson's wife went to the best man at his wedding.

Genesis 38:14

So she took off her mourning apparel, covered herself with a shawl, and concealed her outward appearance. Then she went out and sat at the entrance of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah, because she knew that even though Shelah had grown up, she wasn't being given to him as his wife.

Judges 14:16

So Samson's wife cried in front of him and accused him, "You only hate me. You don't love me. You've told a riddle to my relatives, but you haven't told the solution to me." Samson responded, "Look, I haven't told my parents, either. Why should I tell you?"

Acts 26:9

Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

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And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

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I verily

Judges 14:16
So Samson's wife cried in front of him and accused him, "You only hate me. You don't love me. You've told a riddle to my relatives, but you haven't told the solution to me." Samson responded, "Look, I haven't told my parents, either. Why should I tell you?"
Acts 26:9
Indeed, I myself thought it my duty to take extreme measures against the name of Jesus from Nazareth.

I gave

Judges 14:20
and Samson's wife went to the best man at his wedding.
Genesis 38:14
So she took off her mourning apparel, covered herself with a shawl, and concealed her outward appearance. Then she went out and sat at the entrance of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah, because she knew that even though Shelah had grown up, she wasn't being given to him as his wife.

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Deuteronomy 22:13
"Suppose a man marries a wife, but after having sexual relations with her, he despises her,

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