1 Samuel 1:15

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.

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

In Context

14And Eli said unto her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you.

16Count not yours handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken until now.

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Cross References

Job 30:16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times; all of you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Psalms 142:2I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble.

Proverbs 14:10The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.

Proverbs 25:15By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

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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