1 Samuel 1:15

New Living Translation

“Oh no, sir!” she replied. “I haven’t been drinking wine or anything stronger. But I am very discouraged, and I was pouring out my heart to the Lord.

Cross References

Job 30:16

“And now my life seeps away. Depression haunts my days.

Psalm 143:6

I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

Psalm 42:4

My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!

Psalm 62:8

O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Interlude

Psalm 62:9

Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.

Proverbs 14:10

Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can fully share its joy.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer deflects anger, but harsh words make tempers flare.

Proverbs 25:15

Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can break bones.

Lamentations 2:19

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer, pleading for your children, for in every street they are faint with hunger.

1 Samuel 1:16

Don’t think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”

1 Samuel 7:6

So they gathered at Mizpah and, in a great ceremony, drew water from a well and poured it out before the Lord. They also went without food all day and confessed that they had sinned against the Lord. (It was at Mizpah that Samuel became Israel’s judge.)