Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.”
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
When Achish asked, “Where have you made a raid today?” David would say, “Against the Negeb of Judah,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites,” or, “Against the Negeb of the Kenites.”
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place. Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.”
Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me thus and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?” And Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’”
Then Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound.”
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