Judges 16:30

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Summary

And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

Die

Hebrews 12:1

And the house

So the dead

General references

Deuteronomy 33:22

Bible References

Die

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace.

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

And the house

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence.

Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare -- just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly.

For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.

So the dead

The Lord's spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home.

He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death -- even death on a cross!

Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),

General references

Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.