Judg 16:4-22, Pro 2:16-19, 7:12, 22-27, 9:18, 22:14, Ecc 7:26, Jer 3:2 | ESV | STEP | After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek , whose name was Delilah .

4 After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And ^athe lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ^b“Seduce him, and see where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to ^chumble him. And we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.” 6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and how you might be bound, that one could ^dsubdue you.”

7 Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, ^ethen I shall become weak and be like any other man.” 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now she had men lying in ambush in an inner chamber. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings, as a thread of flax snaps when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.

10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies. Please tell me how you might be bound.” 11 And he said to her, “If they bind me with ^fnew ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.” 12 So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And the men lying in ambush were in an inner chamber. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like a thread.

13 Then Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have mocked me and told me lies. Tell me how you might be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and fasten it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak and be like any other man.” 14 So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. ^{▼▼Compare Septuagint; Hebrew lacks and fasten it tight . . . into the web} And she made them tight with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.

15 And she said to him, ^h“How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and you have not told me where your great strength lies.” 16 And ⁱwhen she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death. 17 And he told her all his heart, and said to her, ^j“A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.”

18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up again, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought ^kthe money in their hands. 19 She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began ^lto torment him, and his strength left him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that ^mthe Lord had left him. 21 And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. ⁿAnd he ground at the mill in the prison. 22 But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.

Proverbs 2:16-19

16 So ^oyou will be delivered from the forbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange} woman,
from ^qthe adulteress ^{▼▼Hebrew foreign woman} with ^sher smooth words,
17 who forsakes ^tthe companion of her youth
and forgets ^uthe covenant of her God;
18 ^vfor her house sinks down to death,
and her paths to the departed; ^{▼▼Hebrew to the Rephaim}
19 none who go to her come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.

Proverbs 7:12

12 now in the street, now in the market,
and ^xat every corner she ^ylies in wait.

Proverbs 7:22-27

22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool}
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as ^aaa bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.
24 And ^abnow, O sons, listen to me,
and be attentive to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;
do not stray into her paths,
26 for many a victim has she laid low,
and all her slain are ^aca mighty throng.
27 Her house is ^adthe way to Sheol,
going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 9:18

18 But he does not know ^aethat the dead ^{▼▼Hebrew Rephaim} are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 22:14

14 The mouth of ^agforbidden ^{▼▼Hebrew strange} women is ^aia deep pit;
^ajhe with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

26 And I find something more ^akbitter than death: ^althe woman whose heart is ^amsnares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but ^anthe sinner is taken by her.

Jeremiah 3:2

2 Lift up your eyes to ^aothe bare heights, and see!
Where have you not been ravished?
^apBy the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers
like an Arab in the wilderness.
^aqYou have polluted the land
with your vile whoredom.