1 Samuel 2:5

“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,
But those who were hungry cease to hunger.
Even the barren gives birth to seven,
But she who has many children languishes.

Psalm 113:9

He makes the barren woman abide in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord!

Jeremiah 15:9

“She who bore seven sons pines away;
Her breathing is labored.
Her sun has set while it was yet day;
She has been shamed and humiliated.
So I will give over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares the Lord.

Isaiah 54:1

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.

1 Samuel 1:6

Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

1 Samuel 1:20

It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”

Psalm 34:10

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.

Luke 1:53

He has filled the hungry with good things;
And sent away the rich empty-handed.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written,
Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For more numerous are the children of the desolate
Than of the one who has a husband.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

Bible References

The barren

1 Samuel 1:20
It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the Lord.”
Psalm 113:9
He makes the barren woman abide in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord!

Waxed feeble

1 Samuel 1:6
Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
Isaiah 54:1
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.
Jeremiah 15:9
“She who bore seven sons pines away;
Her breathing is labored.
Her sun has set while it was yet day;
She has been shamed and humiliated.
So I will give over their survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” declares the Lord.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written,
Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For more numerous are the children of the desolate
Than of the one who has a husband.”