1 Samuel 1:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel; you will set on fire their fortresses, and you will slay their young men with the sword, and dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.”

Job 6:14

“He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise thee with the lyre, O God, my God.

Isaiah 54:1

“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in travail! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her that is married, says the Lord.

Isaiah 54:6

For the Lord has called you like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.

John 20:13

They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.”

John 20:15

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the idlers, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

Ruth 4:15

He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.”

1 Samuel 1:7

So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.