Judges 16:9
Meanwhile, some kidnappers were hiding inside an inner room, waiting for her signal. So she told him, "The Philistines are attacking you!" But he snapped the cords as one might break a burned candle wick. So his secret remained undiscovered.
Psalm 58:9
Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns whether green or ablaze wrath will sweep them away like a storm.
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Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
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Toucheth
Psalm 58:9
Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns whether green or ablaze wrath will sweep them away like a storm.