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
Am not
Bible References
Why weepest
2 Samuel 12:16
David pleaded [with] God on behalf of the boy and David fasted. He went to spend the night and lay upon the ground.
2 Kings 8:12
Then Hazael asked, "Why [is] my lord crying?" He said, "Because I know what evil you will do to the {Israelites}. You will {set their fortifications on fire}, and you will kill their young men with the sword. Their little ones you will dash to pieces, and their pregnant women you will rip open!"
Job 6:14
"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.
John 20:13
And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have put him!"
1 Thessalonians 5:14
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, console the discouraged, help the sick, be patient toward all [people].
Am not
Ruth 4:15
He shall be for you a restorer of life and a sustainer in your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who [is] better for you than seven sons, has borne him."
Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, {my surpassing joy}, and I will praise you with lyre, O God, my God.
Isaiah 54:1
"Sing for joy, barren [woman]; [who] has not borne! Burst forth [into] rejoicing and rejoice, [she who] has not been in labor! For [the] children of [the] desolate woman [are] more than [the] children of [the] married woman," says Yahweh.