Judges 16:3 shows Samson carrying away Gaza's gates with supernatural strength — in contrast, here he cannot even break free.

Judges 16:9 records Samson easily snapping the fresh bowstrings — now he fails to escape, highlighting his lost strength.

Judges 16:14 has Samson breaking the loom pin — a prior escape contrasts with his current helplessness after God leaves.

Numbers 14:42 warns 'go not up, for the LORD is not among you' — same principle that without God, defeat is certain, as Samson experiences.

Hosea 7:9 says 'strangers devour his strength, and he knoweth it not' — directly parallel to Samson not knowing the Lord had left him.

Jeremiah 9:24 contrasts glorying in knowing God with glorying in strength—Samson gloried in strength rather than in God.

Isaiah 59:2 directly states that sins separate from God—exactly what happened to Samson when the Lord departed.

Isaiah 42:24 attributes Israel's spoiling to their sin and God's giving them over — parallel to Samson's loss of the Lord's presence.

In 2 Chronicles 15:2, the principle 'if you forsake him, he will forsake you' directly explains what happened to Samson.

In 1 Samuel 28:14-16, Samuel tells Saul the Lord has departed—directly parallel to Samson's experience of God leaving.

In 1 Samuel 18:12, the Lord has departed from Saul—a similar pattern of divine abandonment for disobedience.

In 1 Samuel 16:14, the Spirit departs from Saul after disobedience, mirroring the Lord's departure from Samson.

Deuteronomy 32:30 explains that defeat comes when the Rock sells them — here Samson's weakness follows God's departure.

Numbers 14:43 repeats 'the LORD will not be with you' — directly echoes Samson's situation where the Lord departed from him.

Numbers 14:9 says 'their defence is departed from them' — the same phrase used when God's protection leaves, as here for Samson.

Psalm 51:11 is David's plea not to be cast from God's presence — directly paralleling Samson's tragic experience when God departed from him.

Proverbs 22:14 warns that the mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit — exactly the trap Delilah set for Samson, leading to God's departure.

In Joshua 7:12, God withdraws presence because of sin—the same reason the Lord left Samson after his vow was broken.

Jeremiah 9:23 warns against boasting in human strength—Samson boasted in his strength, then lost it.

In 2 Corinthians 3:5, Paul affirms our sufficiency comes from God — Samson's loss of strength illustrates the emptiness of human ability without God's enabling.