1 Samuel 2:5

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

Psalm 113:9

He makes the barren woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

“She who has borne seven [sons] languishes;
She has breathed out her soul.
Her sun has set while it was still day;
She has been shamed and humiliated.
So I will hand over [the rest of] the survivors to the sword
Before their enemies,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 54:1

“Shout for joy, O barren one, she who has not given birth;
Break forth into joyful shouting and rejoice, she who has not gone into labor [with child]!
For the [spiritual] sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

1 Samuel 1:6

Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the Lord had left her childless.

1 Samuel 1:20

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

Psalm 34:10

The young lions lack [food] and grow hungry,
But they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing.

Luke 1:53

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

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things [all the comforts and delights], and Lazarus likewise bad things [all the discomforts and distresses]; but now he is comforted here [in paradise], while you are in severe agony.

Galatians 4:27

For it is written [in the Scriptures],

“Rejoice, o barren woman who has not given birth;
Break forth into a [joyful] shout, you who are not in labor;
For the desolate woman has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Samuel 2:5

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.

The barren

1 Samuel 1:20

Psalm 113:9

Waxed feeble

Bible References

The barren

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

He makes the barren woman live in the house
As a joyful mother of children.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Waxed feeble

Hannah’s rival provoked her bitterly, to irritate and embarrass her, because the Lord had left her childless.