"And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I {am} a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong dr…" — 1 Samuel 1:15

1 Samuel 1:15 · KJV

“And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I {am} a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. {of a sorrowful...: Heb. hard of spirit}”

— 1 Samuel 1:15

Verse 14

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

Verse 16

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. {complaint: or, meditation}

1 Samuel 1 — Context

Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I {am} a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. {of a sorrowful...: Heb. hard of spirit}

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. {complaint: or, meditation}

Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant {thee} thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

Cross References

Psalms 62:8

Trust in him at all times; {ye} people, pour out your heart before him: God {is} a refuge for us. Selah.

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Psalms 42:4

When I remember these {things}, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Psalms 142:2-3

I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.

Psalms 143:6

I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul {thirsteth} after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Job 30:16

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Proverbs 15:1

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Proverbs 25:15

By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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