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Jdg 14:12 — And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Phrase of Scripture   Correlating Passages TSK Help

a riddle   1Ki 10:1; Psa 49:4; Pro 1:6; Eze 17:2; Eze 20:49; Mat 13:13,34; Luk 14:7; Jhn 16:29; 1Cr 13:12; *marg:
the seven   Gen 29:27,28; 2Ch 7:8
sheets   "or, shirts. This will receive illustration from Mr. Jackson's description of the Moorish dress:--""It resembles that of the ancient patriarchs, as represented in paintings; (but the paintings are taken from Asiatic models:) that of the men consists of a red cap and turban, a ( kumja ) shirt, which hangs outside of the drawers, and comes below the knee; a ( caftan ) coat, which buttons close before, and down to the bottom with large open sleeves; over which, when they go out of doors, they throw carelessly, and sometimes elegantly, a hayk, or garment of white cotton, silk, or wool, five or six yards long, and five feet wide. The Arabs often dispense with the caftan, and even with the shirt, wearing nothing but the hayk. "" Mat 27:28; Mar 14:51,52"
change   Gen 45:22; 2Ki 5:5,22; Mat 6:19; Jam 5:2
Correlating Passages
a riddle
1Ki 10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
Psa 49:4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Pro 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Eze 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Eze 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Mat 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Mat 13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Luk 14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
Jhn 16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
1Cr 13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
the seven
Gen 29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Gen 29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
2Ch 7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
sheets
Mat 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Mar 14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid hold on him:
Mar 14:52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
change
Gen 45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver, and five changes of raiment.
2Ki 5:5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
2Ki 5:22 And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
Mat 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Jam 5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

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Scott, Thomas. "Judges 14:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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