Judg 14:15, 16:5, 2Sa 14:17-20, 15:2-6, 1Ki 22:13-14, 1Cor 1:17, 2:1, 13 | ESV | STEP | On the fourth day they said to Samson’s wife , Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire . Have you invited us here to impoverish us?

j[See ver. 17 above]

kSee Ruth 4:1

l Judg. 9:29

mSee ch. 17:1

n Num. 22:18; 24:13

o ch. 2:1, 4, 13; [2 Cor. 10:10; 11:6; 2 Pet. 1:16]

q ver. 4, 13; [2 Cor. 1:12]; See ch. 1:17

rSee Rom. 16:25

t ver. 1, 4; See ch. 1:17

u 2 Cor. 10:12

Judges 14:15

15 On the fourth ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew seventh} day they said to Samson’s wife, ^b“Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, ^clest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?”

Judges 16:5

5 And ^dthe lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ^e“Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to ^fhumble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

2 Samuel 14:17-20

17 And your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is ^glike the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”

18 Then the king answered the woman, “Do not hide from me anything I ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king speak.” 19 The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered and said, ^h“As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; ⁱit was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant. 20 In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of ^jthe angel of God to know all things that are on the earth.”

2 Samuel 15:2-6

2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside ^kthe way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,” 3 Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.” 4 Then Absalom would say, ^l“Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.” 5 And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. 6 Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

1 Kings 22:13-14

Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab

13 And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.” 14 But Micaiah said, ^m“As the Lord lives, ⁿwhat the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”

1 Corinthians 1:17

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and ^onot with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

1 Corinthians 2:1

Proclaiming Christ Crucified

1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} ^qdid not come proclaiming to you ^rthe testimony ^{▼▼Some manuscripts mystery (or secret)} of God with lofty speech or wisdom.

1 Corinthians 2:13

13 And we impart this ^tin words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, ^uinterpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. ^{▼▼Or interpreting spiritual truths in spiritual language, or comparing spiritual things with spiritual}