1 Samuel 1:6
“And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.”
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
Cross-References
“Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.”
“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.”
“To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.”
“He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.”
“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.”