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 for the child. He fasted and lay on the ground all night.
2 Kings 8:12
Why are you crying? Hazael asked. Because I know the horrible things you will do against the people of Israel, Elisha answered. You will burn their fortresses, slaughter their finest young men, batter their children to death, and rip open their pregnant women.
Job 6:14
A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes his reverence for the Almighty.
John 20:13
Woman why do you weep, they asked? She told them: They have taken my Lord and I do not know where they laid him.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.
Am not
Ruth 4:15
He will be a giver of new life to you. He will be your comforter when you are old, because your daughter-in-law, who in her love for you is better than seven sons, has given birth to him.
Psalm 43:4
I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy. Upon the lyre I will praise you, O God, my God.
Isaiah 54:1
Sing joyfully, O barren woman, you who never bore a child! Burst into song and shout for joy, you who were never in labor! More are the children of the desolate woman than of the woman, who has a husband, proclaims Jehovah.