1 Samuel 1:8

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Then her husband Elkanah said to her, 'Hannah, why are you crying? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?'

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  • Ruth 4:15 : 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.
  • 2 Sam 12:16-17 : 16 David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and spent the nights lying on the ground in sackcloth. 17 The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
  • 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Hazael asked, "Why is my lord weeping?" Elisha answered, "Because I know the harm you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, you will dash their little ones to pieces, and you will rip open their pregnant women."
  • Job 6:14 : 14 To him who is despairing, kindness should come from his friend, or he will forsake the fear of the Almighty.
  • Ps 43:4 : 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and delight. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
  • Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren woman who has not given birth! Break forth into song and shout with joy, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married woman, says the Lord.
  • Isa 54:6 : 6 For the Lord has called you, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like the wife of one’s youth who is rejected, says your God.
  • John 20:13 : 13 The angels said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' She said to them, 'Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.'
  • John 20:15 : 15 Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you crying? Whom are you seeking?' Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, 'Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.'
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 Now we urge you, brothers, admonish those who are idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

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  • 1 Sam 1:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    1There was a man from Ramathaim-Zophim, in the hill country of Ephraim. His name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

    2He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

    3Year after year, this man would go up from his city to worship and to offer sacrifices to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, served as priests of the LORD.

    4On the day Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

    5But to Hannah he gave a double portion because he loved her, though the LORD had closed her womb.

    6Her rival provoked her severely to irritate her because the LORD had closed her womb.

    7This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival would provoke her, and she would weep and not eat.

  • 1 Sam 1:9-23
    15 verses
    79%

    9After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah arose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.

    10In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly.

    11She made a vow, saying, 'LORD of Hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your servant and remember me, and not forget Your servant, but give Your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.'

    12As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.

    13Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore, Eli thought she was drunk.

    14Eli said to her, 'How long will you remain drunk? Put away your wine!'

    15Hannah answered, 'No, my lord. I am a woman deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the LORD.'

    16Do not consider your servant a worthless woman. It is out of my great sorrow and distress that I have been speaking until now.'

    17Then Eli answered, 'Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of Him.'

    18She said, 'May your servant find favor in your eyes.' Then she went her way, and she ate, and her face was no longer downcast.

    19Early in the morning, they arose and worshiped before the LORD, and then they returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

    20In the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, 'Because I asked the LORD for him.'

    21When Elkanah and all his household went up to offer the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,

    22Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, 'After the boy is weaned, I will take him to appear before the LORD, and he will remain there permanently.'

    23Elkanah her husband said to her, 'Do what seems best to you. Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the LORD establish His word.' So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she weaned him.

  • 1 Sam 2:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, ‘May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD.’ Then they would return to their home.

    21And the LORD was gracious to Hannah; she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 1:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26She said, 'Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.

    27I prayed for this boy, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him.

  • Ruth 1:11-13
    3 verses
    68%

    11But Naomi replied, "Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Do I still have sons in my womb who could become your husbands?

    12Return home, my daughters. I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons—

    13would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters, it is more bitter for me than for you because the LORD’s hand has turned against me."

  • Judg 14:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16So Samson’s wife wept before him and said, 'You only hate me; you do not love me. You have posed a riddle to my people, but you have not told me the answer.' He replied, 'I have not even told it to my father or mother; why should I tell you?'

    17She cried before him the entire seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day, he told her because she pressed him so much. Then she revealed the answer to the riddle to her people.

  • 1 Sam 2:1
    68%

    1Hannah prayed and said: 'My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is lifted high in the LORD. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in Your deliverance.'

  • Ruth 1:9
    68%

    9May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband." She kissed them goodbye, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

  • 1 Chr 6:27
    67%

    27The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei.

  • 2 Sam 12:21-22
    2 verses
    67%

    21His attendants asked him, 'Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!'

    22David answered, 'While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.''

  • 2 Kgs 6:28
    67%

    28Then the king asked her, "What is your problem?" She replied, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

  • Ruth 2:13
    66%

    13She said, "May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord, because you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant—even though I am not one of your servants."

  • 2 Kgs 4:16
    66%

    16Then Elisha said, "At this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms." She replied, "No, my lord, man of God, do not deceive your servant."

  • 2 Sam 14:5
    66%

    5The king said to her, "What is troubling you?" She replied, "Truly, I am a widow; my husband has died.

  • 1 Kgs 21:5
    66%

    5His wife Jezebel came to him and asked, 'Why are you so upset that you won’t eat?'

  • Prov 31:2
    66%

    2What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

  • 1 Kgs 17:18
    66%

    18She said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, man of God? Have you come to bring my sin to remembrance and to kill my son?"

  • 2 Kgs 4:14
    66%

    14Elisha asked, "What then can be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

  • 1 Sam 28:22
    65%

    22Now please listen to your servant and let me set a piece of bread before you to eat, so you may have strength when you go on your way."

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    65%

    7Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother so that we may put him to death for taking his brother’s life. We want to destroy the heir as well.' They will extinguish my remaining ember, leaving neither name nor remnant for my husband on the earth.

  • 1 Sam 4:16
    65%

    16The man said to Eli, 'I have come from the battle; I fled from the battlefield today.' Eli asked, 'What happened, my son?'

  • Judg 15:2
    65%

    2Her father said, "I thought you completely hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead."

  • Ruth 1:21
    65%

    21I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? The LORD has afflicted me; the Almighty has brought misfortune upon me.

  • Ruth 4:15
    65%

    15He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.