“And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.”
—Judges 4:8, 9 KJV
Coloring Fun: Partners: Judges 4:8, 9: Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
“And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.”
—Judges 16:28, 30 KJV
Coloring Fun: Beauty for Ashes: Judges 16:28, 30: Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
“And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
—Judges 16:16, 17 KJV
Coloring Fun: Pullin’ on my Heartstrings: Judges 16:16, 17: Priest Mountain, Virginia.
“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.
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.”
—Judges 14:17, 18 KJV
Coloring Fun: Cry Baby: Judges 14:17, 18: Cole Mountain, Virginia.
“And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.”
—Judges 15:18-20 KJV
Coloring Fun: Living Water: Judges 15:18-20: McAfee Knob, Virginia.
Armchair Travel: Coloring Fun: Guardians
“And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.”
—Judges 13:12, 13 KJV
Coloring Fun: Guardians: Judges 13:12, 13: Grayson Highlands State Park, Virginia.
“Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.”
—Judges 11:31, 36 KJV
Coloring Fun: Boomerang!: Judges 11:31, 36: Roan Mountain State Park, Tennessee.
“And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.”
—Judges 2:2, 3 KJV
Coloring Fun: Snarls & Snares: Judges 2:2, 3: Unaka Mountain, North Carolina.
“So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.”
—Judges 5:31 KJV
Coloring Fun: High Noon: Judges 5:31: Max Patch, North Carolina.
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