1 Samuel 1:11

New International Version

And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”

Cross References

Judges 13:5

You will become pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

Numbers 6:5

“ ‘During the entire period of their Nazirite vow, no razor may be used on their head. They must be holy until the period of their dedication to the Lord is over; they must let their hair grow long.

Ecclesiastes 5:4

When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.

Genesis 29:32

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”

Psalm 25:18

Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

1 Samuel 1:19

Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: “If you give the Ammonites into my hands,

Numbers 6:8

Throughout the period of their dedication, they are consecrated to the Lord.

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.”

Numbers 21:2

Then Israel made this vow to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities.”

Numbers 6:11

The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again.

Exodus 4:31

and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.

1 Samuel 1:10

In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.

1 Samuel 1:12

As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:22

Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”

1 Samuel 1:27

I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.

1 Samuel 1:28

So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the Lord.” Then they would go home.

Proverbs 31:2

Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb! Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!

Leviticus 27:2

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value,