Judges 13:23
And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22And he said to his wife: We shall certainly die, because we have seen God.
24And she bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
Cross References
Genesis 4:4Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.
Psalms 25:14The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
Psalms 86:17Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.
Ecclesiastes 4:9It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society:
John 14:23Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.
1 Corinthians 12:21And the eye cannot say to the hand: I need not thy help; nor again the head to the feet: I have no need of you.
Matthew Henry on Judges 13:16-24
Manoah's Alarm. ( b. c. 1161.) 15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. 16 And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord . For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord . 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And… Read the whole commentary →