1 Samuel 1:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Hannah, why are you crying? ’ her husband, Elkanah, would ask. ‘Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than ten sons? ’

Cross References

Ruth 4:15

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

Isaiah 54:6

For the Lord has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, a wife of one’s youth  when she is rejected,’ says your God.

Job 6:14

A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,  , even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we exhort you, brothers and sisters:  warn those who are idle,  comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient  with everyone.

John 20:15

‘Woman,’ Jesus said to her, ‘why are you crying? Who is it that you’re seeking? ’ Supposing he was the gardener, she replied, ‘Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I will take him away.’

John 20:13

They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you crying? ’ ‘Because they’ve taken away my Lord,’  she told them, ‘and I don’t know where they’ve put him.’

Isaiah 54:1

‘Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labour! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of the married woman,’ says the Lord.

2 Kings 8:12

and Hazael asked, ‘Why is my lord weeping? ’ He replied, ‘Because I know the evil 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 children to pieces. You will rip open their pregnant women.’

1 Samuel 1:7

Year after year, when she went up to the Lord’s house,  her rival taunted her in this way. Hannah would weep and would not eat.