1 Samuel 1:11

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And she vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy maidservant, and remember me, and not forget thy maidservant, but wilt give to thy maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.”

Cross References

Genesis 28:20

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

Genesis 29:32

And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

Genesis 30:22

Then God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided;

2 Samuel 16:12

It may be that the Lord will look upon my affliction, and that the Lord will repay me with good for this cursing of me today.”

Psalm 25:18

Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.

Exodus 4:31

And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Proverbs 31:2

What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

Ecclesiastes 5:4

When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

Leviticus 27:2

“Say to the people of Israel, When a man makes a special vow of persons to the Lord at your valuation,

Numbers 21:2

And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, “If thou wilt indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

Numbers 6:11

and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day,

Numbers 6:5

“All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.

Numbers 6:8

All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord.

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, “If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand,

Judges 13:5

for lo, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 1:10

She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly.

1 Samuel 1:12

As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:19

They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her;

1 Samuel 1:22

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, that he may appear in the presence of the Lord, and abide there for ever.”

1 Samuel 1:27

For this child I prayed; and the Lord has granted me my petition which I made to him.

1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 2:20

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “The Lord give you children by this woman for the loan which she lent to the Lord”; so then they would return to their home.