1 Samuel 1:8

Good News Translation

Her husband Elkanah would ask her, “Hannah, why are you crying? Why won't you eat? Why are you always so sad? Don't I mean more to you than ten sons?”

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

“Why are you crying, sir?” Hazael asked. “Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel,” Elisha answered. “You will set their fortresses on fire, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women.”

Job 6:14

In trouble like this I need loyal friends— whether I've forsaken God or not.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to your altar, O God; you are the source of my happiness. I will play my harp and sing praise to you, O God, my God.

Isaiah 54:1

Jerusalem, you have been like a childless woman, but now you can sing and shout for joy. Now you will have more children than a woman whose husband never left her.

Isaiah 54:6

Israel, you are like a young wife, deserted by her husband and deeply distressed. But the Lord calls you back to him and says:

John 20:13

“Woman, why are you crying?” they asked her. She answered, “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”

John 20:15

“Woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who is it that you are looking for?” She thought he was the gardener, so she said to him, “If you took him away, sir, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”

1 Thessalonians 5:14

We urge you, our friends, to warn the idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Ruth 4:15

Your daughter-in-law loves you, and has done more for you than seven sons. And now she has given you a grandson, who will bring new life to you and give you security in your old age.”

1 Samuel 1:7

This went on year after year; whenever they went to the house of the Lord, Peninnah would upset Hannah so much that she would cry and refuse to eat anything.