1 Samuel 1:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

And her husband Elkanah said to her, Do whatever seems right to you, but not till you have taken him from the breast; only may the Lord do as he has said. So the woman, waiting there, gave her son milk till he was old enough to be taken from the breast.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:25

And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

1 Kings 3:21

And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

Psalm 22:9

But it was you who took care of me from the day of my birth: you gave me faith even from my mother's breasts.

Isaiah 44:26

Who makes the word of his servants certain, and gives effect to the purposes of his representatives; who says of Jerusalem, Her people will come back to her; and of the towns of Judah, I will give orders for their building, and will make her waste places fertile again:

Numbers 30:12

But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

Matthew 24:19

But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

Luke 11:27

And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

1 Samuel 1:17

Then Eli said to her, Go in peace: and may the God of Israel give you an answer to the prayer you have made to him.

1 Samuel 14:36

And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

1 Samuel 14:40

Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.