1 Samuel 1:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘No, my lord,’ Hannah replied. ‘I am a woman with a broken heart. I haven’t had any wine or beer; I’ve been pouring out my heart before the Lord.

Cross References

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord’s presence. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger at the head of every street.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

Job 30:16

Now my life is poured out before me, and days of suffering  have seized me.

Proverbs 25:15

A ruler can be persuaded through patience, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

1 Samuel 1:16

Don’t think of me as a wicked woman;  I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment.’

1 Samuel 7:6

When they gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out in the Lord’s presence.  They fasted that day,  and there they confessed, ‘We have sinned against the Lord.’  And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy.