Bible Verses About Samson and Delilah
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for samson and delilah, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 976 votes, led by Judges 16:4-21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Samson and Delilah
Judges 16:4-21132 votes
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Hebrews 11:3278 votes
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Judges 16:1-364 votes
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Judges 14:1-15:2061 votes
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 16:4-2254 votes
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Judges 16:22-3145 votes
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Judges 14:5-642 votes
Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
Judges 16:1-3136 votes
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.
Judges 13:1-2534 votes
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Judges 16:23-3131 votes
Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
Judges 16:4-3130 votes
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Judges 16:28-3029 votes
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges 14:1925 votes
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Judges 16:1325 votes
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
Numbers 6:1-2124 votes
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Judges 15:14-1624 votes
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
Judges 13:523 votes
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Judges 13:24-2521 votes
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
Judges 16:1520 votes
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
Judges 14:1-319 votes
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 16:2816 votes
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges 16:1014 votes
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
Judges 15:1-2013 votes
But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Judges 16:2213 votes
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
Judges 16:3012 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about samson and delilah?
Readers most often cite Judges 16:4-21 on the subject of samson and delilah. Across 976 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 11:32, Judges 16:1-3, Judges 14:1-15:20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.