It may be the bait
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Read Judges 16:1-21
[1]Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.[2]And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.[3]And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron
[4]And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.[5]And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.[6]And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.[7]And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.[8]Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.[9]Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.[10]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.[11]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.[12]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.[13]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.[14]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.[15]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.[16]And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;[17]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.[18]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.[19]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.[20]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.[21]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.
So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you" (Judges 16:6)
EXPOSITION
Bait is any substance, especially food used in catching fish, or other animals by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap or net. It is an enticement or temptation to destroy. It is usually appealing because it contains some irresistible substances. It's giver does not give it for the fun of it; it is to lure, to deceive, and to destroy. Watch it well. Lizards have a way of setting traps for their unsuspecting preys. This is World Lizard Day.
One of the potent instruments Satan uses today to get at Christians is his sinful allurements - bait. They include baits of lucrative jobs, positions, fame, etc. that allow one not to have ample time for his family and spiritual life. He makes Christians see it as something normal and harmless. When the Philistines wanted to catch the powerful Samson, Delilah was the bait. He accepted the poisonous ravaging beauty of the godless harlot and his glorious destiny was truncated and life terminated (Prov. 23:27-35). Love for gift was the bait used to truncate the glorious future of the 'to be prophet' Gehazi.
Paul said in 2 Tim. 4:10 that Demas deserted him and the gospel which he once embraced for the bait of the pleasure of this present age - modernisation, materialism, etc. He loved worldly values and pleasures. The same is the condition of many Christians, today. The beauty of the present age - fashion, music, riches, etc., is baits the devil is using to sweep many away from their Lord. Our love for the world should be Christ's type of love for it.
Satan once presented the baits of food, power and fame to Christ our Lord, but Christ was able to recognise and reject him by the Word that richly dwelled in Him (cf. Col. 3:16).
The young slave boy and servant of Potiphar, Joseph, was at a time presented with the bait of fornication by his master's wife. His destiny would have been shattered, if he had fallen for it. His knowledge of the Lord God of Israel enabled him reject the ungodly advances of her madam.
A singer sang, "Whatever I love will not harm me, whatever will harm me I will not love, for not all that glitters is gold." The killing and destructive power of bait is not physical. It may be difficult to recognise. Only the Spirit-filled Christians would recognise it - those that have knowledge of the Word.