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1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for food,

but the starving hunger no more.

The barren woman gives birth to seven,

but she who has many sons pines away.

1 Samuel 2:5 BSB

1 Samuel 2:5 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 113:9 (9 votes) and Jeremiah 15:9 (9 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 21 to Galatians 4.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 2:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 113:99 votes

    He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

  2. Jeremiah 15:99 votes

    The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

  3. Luke 1:539 votes

    He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

  4. Psalm 34:108 votes

    Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

  5. 1 Samuel 1:65 votes

    Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

  6. Isaiah 54:15 votes

    “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

  7. Luke 16:255 votes

    But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

  8. 1 Samuel 1:204 votes

    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

  9. Galatians 4:273 votes

    For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 2:5?

The 10 strongest of 23.