Entrapped Judges 14: 15-18

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v.15 1. Enticed by his own plan.

(And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife,

Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee 

                and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? Is it 

                not so?)

v.15 2. Used by one of his own choosing.

v.15, 3. Entered into a divided house.

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v.16 4. Vulnerable to a trap himself.

(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?)

v.16 5. Weak in argument.

v.17 6. Deceived.

(And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to

pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and 

she told the riddle to the children of her people.)

v.17 7. Compromised.

v.17 8. Encumbered.

v.18 9. Outdone, undone.

(And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went

down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he

said unto them, if ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my

riddle.)

v.18 10. Plowed up, rather that tilled.