And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told {it} me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told {it} my father nor my mother, and shall I tell {it} thee?

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Love not the world, neither the things {that are} in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: {mouth: Heb. palate}

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love {is} strong as death; jealousy {is} cruel as the grave: the coals thereof {are} coals of fire, {which hath a} most vehement flame. {cruel: Heb. hard}

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

And Absalom said to Hushai, {Is} this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed {be} thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her.

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;

For as he thinketh in his heart, so {is} he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart {is} not with thee.

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, {even} Christ: {speaking...: or, being sincere}

And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}

And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told {it} me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told {it} my father nor my mother, and shall I tell {it} thee?

By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,

With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these {things}, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

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.

But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.