1 Samuel 2:5

New American Bible - revised edition

The well-fed hire themselves out for bread, while the hungry no longer have to toil. The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.

Cross References

Psalm 113:9

Gives the childless wife a home, the joyful mother of children. Hallelujah!

Psalm 34:10

Fear the Lord, you his holy ones; nothing is lacking to those who fear him.

Isaiah 33:9

The country languishes in mourning, Lebanon withers with shame; Sharon is like the Arabah, Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

Isaiah 54:1

Raise a glad cry, you barren one who never bore a child, break forth in jubilant song, you who have never been in labor, For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife than the children of her who has a husband, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:9

The mother of seven faints away, breathing out her life; Her sun sets in full day, she is ashamed, abashed. Their survivors I will give to the sword in the presence of their enemies—oracle of the Lord.

Luke 1:53

The hungry he has filled with good things; the rich he has sent away empty.

Luke 16:25

Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Rejoice, you barren one who bore no children; break forth and shout, you who were not in labor; for more numerous are the children of the deserted one than of her who has a husband.”

Ruth 4:15

He will restore your life and be the support of your old age, for his mother is the daughter-in-law who loves you. She is worth more to you than seven sons!”

1 Samuel 1:20

She conceived and, at the end of her pregnancy, bore a son whom she named Samuel. “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

1 Samuel 1:6

Her rival, to upset her, would torment her constantly, since the Lord had closed her womb.