1 Samuel 1:14

And Eli said to her, How long are you going to be the worse for drink? Put away the effects of your wine from you.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

13For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

15And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.

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Cross References

Joshua 22:12Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.

Job 11:14If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

Psalms 62:3\62:2\He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

Proverbs 6:9How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

Ephesians 4:25And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 1:10-19

Hannah's Prayer. ( b. c. 1140.) 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord . 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord , and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days… Read the whole commentary →

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