In Judges, chapter fifteen, verse seven, Samson’s fight with the Philistines was primarily motivated by personal anger and revenge rather than concern for God’s deliverance of the Hebrew people. This selfishness and lack of commitment to God eventually led to his ruin. In chapter sixteen, verse one, Samson randomly went down to Gaza to be with a harlot, which indicates the weakness in fulfilling the desires of the flesh. Even though he is strong and demonstrates that strength several times against the men, the son of Manoah shows signs of vulnerability towards the women. In the sixteenth chapter, verses one, twenty, through twenty-one reflect how Samson reacts to how he feels about himself.
Jesus said in verse twelve of Matthew, “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,” which determines the mindset of a person and the life they are living at that time. The disappointment with Samson is when he is conversing with others: he does not mention anything about helping his people or say anything about God. In chapter fourteen, verse three, Samson asks his father, “Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.”
There are other examples where Samson gives a riddle to the young men while having a feast in fourteen verse twelve, and when conversing with the men of Judah, his response had nothing to speak about God on his behalf: just reflecting himself and what he will do. The seventh verse, in chapter fifteen, of Judges, concerns what the Philistines did to Samson’s parents. They burned his father and mother with fire. Yet, Samson’s response did not have God in it. He said, “Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that, I will cease.”