1 Samuel 1:15

New International Reader's Version

“That’s not true, sir,” Hannah replied. “I’m a woman who is deeply troubled. I haven’t been drinking wine or beer. I was telling the Lord all my troubles.

Cross References

Job 30:16

“Now my life is slipping away. Days of suffering grab hold of me.

Psalm 143:6

I spread out my hands to you in prayer. I’m thirsty for you, just as dry ground is thirsty for rain.

Psalm 42:4

When I remember what has happened, I tell God all my troubles. I remember how I used to walk to the house of God. The Mighty One guarded my steps. We shouted with joy and praised God as we went along with the joyful crowd.

Psalm 62:8

Trust in him at all times, you people. Tell him all your troubles. God is our place of safety.

Psalm 62:9

Surely ordinary people are only a breath. Important people are not what they seem to be. If they were weighed on a scale, they wouldn’t amount to anything. Together they are only a breath.

Proverbs 14:10

Each heart knows its own sadness. And no one else can share its joy.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns anger away. But mean words stir up anger.

Proverbs 25:15

If you are patient, you can win an official over to your side. And gentle words can break a bone.

Lamentations 2:19

Get up. Cry out as the night begins. Tell the Lord all your troubles. Lift up your hands to him. Pray that the lives of your children will be spared. At every street corner they faint because they are so hungry.

1 Samuel 1:16

Don’t think of me as an evil woman. I’ve been praying here because I’m very sad. My pain is so great.”

1 Samuel 7:6

When the people had come together at Mizpah, they went to the well and got water. They poured it out in front of the Lord. On that day they didn’t eat any food. They admitted they had sinned. They said, “We’ve sinned against the Lord.” Samuel was serving as the leader of Israel at Mizpah.