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Judges 14 : 3
...as Samson grew, he looked more to the world’s temptations than to God’s direction. He made choices because they “pleaseth [him] well” rather than because those choices were right. Repeatedly, the scriptures use the phrase “and he went down” as they tell of Samson’s journeys, actions, and choices. Instead of arising and shining forth to fulfill his great potential, Samson was overcome by the world, lost his God-given power, and died a tragic, early death.
-Sister Ann M. Dibb, April 2012 General Conference
You remember Samson, a mighty man in some respects, a man whom God raised up to redeem His people, but he married strange women. He married a woman of the Philistines, Judg. 14:1-3 and the result was that it brought about his destruction.
-President George Q. Cannon, Journal of Discourses 25:360
Ruth; 1 Samuel 1-3
1 Samuel 8-10; 13; 15-18
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