The Eyes Have It

“The number of people we can develop some kind of connection to seems boundless, but the opportunities to develop deep, meaningful, even transformative relationships are much more difficult.”
- Daniel Cox - Director at the American Enterprise Institute

“Now his father went down to see the woman. And there Samson held a feast, as was customary for young men. When the people saw him, they chose thirty men to be his companions.”
- Judges 14:10-11

And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
- Judges 13:1

“I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. Now get her for me as my wife.”
- Judges 14:2

“Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”
- Judges 14:3

“Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson’s eyes.”
- Judges 14:7

One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her.
- Judges 16:1

She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as I have at other times. I will shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him. The Philistines took hold of him and cut out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and tied him with brass chains.
- Judges 16:20-21

In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
- Judges 17:6

One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Proverbs 18:24