1 Samuel 1:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

Why weepest

1 Thessalonians 5:14

Am not

Ruth 4:15

Psalm 43:4

Isaiah 54:1

Bible References

Why weepest

David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” Then he answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up.”

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

And 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.”

We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.

Am not

May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you

and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

Then I will go to the altar of God,
To God my exceeding joy;
And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

“Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.