Judges 16:10 says, And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.  Delilah came to Samson and said he was mocking her and lying to her and asked him to tell her truthfully how he could be bound.  I would have thought that after the first time that he told her and she attempted to bind him that he would have told her to mind her own business or something to that effect.  If we tell someone something in confidence and they attempt to us it against us and are unsuccessful, would we tell them something else that they could use against us?  Verse eleven states, And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.  Samson told Delilah another lie about how to bind him and make him as weak as any other man.  He was to be bound with ropes that had never been used.  Verse twelve declares, Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.  Once again, Delilah did what Samson told her would bind him and again told him there were Philistines at the door, and once again, Samson broke free.  Samson may have been having fun, but we never see where he consulted God about what he was doing nor are we told that the Spirit of God came upon him while he was doing this.  We cannot toy around with the sinful things that would destroy us today.  Verse thirteen says, And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.  Once again, Delilah told Samson that he had lied to her, and then he lied to her once more, telling her that if she wove his hair into seven locks that he would be weakened.  He was getting closer to the truth, since he was now referring to his hear as a source of strength.  Verse fourteen declares, And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.  Once more, Delilah told Samson that the Philistines were at the door, and once more his strength was not diminished.  Verse fifteen adds, And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.  Delilah played the how can you say you love me card.  She said three times that Samson had lied to her about the source of his strength so he could not really love her.  I believe that a good answer from Samson would have been that three times he had told her and three times she had tried to use what he told her against him, so how could she love Him.  Love should never be used a a source if manipulation and certainly should never be used to harm those that we profess to love.  Verse sixteen declares, And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;  Basically, Delilah nagged Samson every day to tell her the source of his strength, and it vexed his soul.  Verse seventeen adds, That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor 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.  Samson finally told her the truth, but I don't really believe that it was his hair that was the source of his strength, but that it was what it represented, and that was his relationship with God.  There are not earthly things that empower us today as followers of Christ, but it is our relationship with God.  None of these four times that Delilah asked Samson about the source of his strength are we told that he asked God about what he should do.  This should always be our first step, especially if a person has betrayed us on several other occasions  Verse eighteen states, And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.  Once she was sure that Samson had told her the truth, she sent for the Philistines.  Verse nineteen declares, And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.  We are not told how Delilah caused Samson to fall asleep, but once he did, she had his hair shaved off and his strength left him.  Again, I believe this was more because he betrayed his vow to God than it was because of the physical act of cutting off his hair.  When we do betray our vow to God, we will suffer the consequences of the action.  Verse twenty adds, And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.  Samson thought that he would go out as he always had before and defeat his enemies, but he was unaware that the LORD had departed from him.  Samson thought he was secure in his own strength, and he had forgotten about fulfilling his vow to God.  We may likewise slowly begin to rely on our own strength and abilities in life and not realize that we have strayed away from God, our real source of power.  Verse twenty-one proclaims, But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.  This time, things were different.  By his own strength alone, Samson was defeated, blinded and bound with fetters.  This is our spiritual state today when we forget about our vow to God to allow Him to be the Lord of our life.