You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.

And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

The LORD will deliver them over to you, and you must do to them exactly as I have commanded you.

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.

Now we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.

But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”