1 Samuel 1:6

New King James Version

And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb.

Cross References

Job 6:14

“To him who is afflicted, kindness should be shown by his friend, Even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Job 24:21

For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow.

Leviticus 18:18

Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.

Genesis 30:1

Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die!”

1 Samuel 1:7

So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.

Judges 11:37

Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me: let me alone for two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains and bewail my virginity, my friends and I.”

1 Samuel 2:1

And Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

2 Samuel 6:23

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.