Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 1:16
1 Samuel 1:16 is verse 16 of 1 Samuel chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
King James Version
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
World English Bible
Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
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1 Samuel 1:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible
14 and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
15 “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”
17 “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
18 “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
1 Samuel 10:27But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.
1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
Deuteronomy 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
Job 6:2“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
Job 6:3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
Job 10:1“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:35The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.