1 Samuel 1:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

“Sir, please don't think I'm no good!” Hannah answered. “I'm not drunk, and I haven't been drinking. But I do feel miserable and terribly upset. I've been praying all this time, telling the LORD about my problems.”

Cross References

Job 30:16

I am sick at heart! Pain has taken its toll.

Psalm 143:6

Then I lift my hands in prayer, because my soul is a desert, thirsty for water from you.

Psalm 42:4

Sorrow floods my heart, when I remember leading the worshippers to your house. I can still hear them shout their joyful praises.

Psalm 62:8

Trust God, my friends, and always tell him each one of your concerns. God is our place of safety.

Psalm 62:9

We humans are only a breath; none of us are truly great. All of us together weigh less than a puff of air.

Proverbs 14:10

No one else can really know how sad or happy you are.

Proverbs 15:1

A kind answer soothes angry feelings, but harsh words stir them up.

Proverbs 25:15

Patience and gentle talk can convince a ruler and overcome any problem.

Lamentations 2:19

Get up and pray for help all through the night. Pour out your feelings to the Lord, as you would pour water out of a jug. Beg him to save your people, who are starving to death at every street crossing.

1 Samuel 7:6

The Israelites met together at Mizpah with Samuel as their leader. They drew water from the well and poured it out as an offering to the LORD. On that same day they went without eating to show their sorrow, and they confessed they had been unfaithful to the LORD.