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Esther Chapter 6

Esther
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Esther

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In this chapter the king of Persia convenes a great feast and orders that Mordecai be thrown into the lions' den while Haman is to be killed. The people are warned to spare Mordecai and Haman, showing the danger of a single decree. The narrative emphasizes the power of faith and the consequences of unjust laws.

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(1) On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
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Esther 5:8Genesis 22:14I Samuel 23:26I Samuel 23:27Isaiah 41:17Romans 11:33Daniel 2:1Daniel 6:18Esther 2:23Malachi 3:16

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I Thessalonians 5:7Ezra 4:15II Kings 22:8I Chronicles 29:29Revelation 22:19Colossians 4:16

(2) And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
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Esther 2:21

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Esther 2:21Esther 3:12Esther 3:6Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Ezekiel 41:3

(3) And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
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Judges 1:12Judges 1:13I Samuel 17:25I Samuel 17:26I Chronicles 11:6Daniel 5:7Daniel 5:16Daniel 5:29Acts 28:8Acts 28:9Acts 28:10Genesis 40:23

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Esther 3:3Esther 8:8Esther 2:15Esther 5:13Esther 6:10John 8:54

(4) And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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Proverbs 3:27Proverbs 3:28Ecclesiastes 9:10Esther 4:11Esther 5:1Esther 3:8Esther 3:9Esther 3:10Esther 3:11Esther 5:14Esther 7:9Job 5:13

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Ezekiel 46:21Exodus 38:31II Chronicles 4:9Esther 5:9Esther 7:10Exodus 40:8

(5) And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
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Esther 3:12Esther 6:4Esther 8:8Ezekiel 46:21Esther 3:2Esther 3:3

(6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
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Psalms 35:27Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 62:4Isaiah 62:5Jeremiah 32:41Matthew 3:17John 5:23Esther 3:2Esther 3:3Esther 5:11Proverbs 1:32Proverbs 16:18

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Esther 6:9John 8:54Numbers 24:11Esther 6:7Esther 6:11I Samuel 2:30

(7) And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
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Esther 6:9Esther 6:11

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Esther 6:6Esther 6:9Esther 6:11

(8) Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
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I Samuel 18:4Luke 15:22I Kings 1:33

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Esther 5:1Esther 1:19Esther 8:15Esther 1:11Esther 2:17Isaiah 62:3

(9) And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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Genesis 41:43I Kings 1:33I Kings 1:34Zechariah 9:9

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Esther 6:11Esther 6:6Esther 8:8Numbers 24:11I Samuel 2:30Esther 6:7

(10) Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
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Daniel 4:37Luke 14:11Revelation 18:7II Kings 10:10

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Esther 5:9Esther 5:13Esther 3:2Esther 3:3Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9

(11) Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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Ezra 6:13Isaiah 60:14Luke 1:52Revelation 3:9Esther 8:15Esther 9:3

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Esther 6:9Esther 6:6Esther 6:10Esther 3:6Esther 5:9Esther 8:2

(12) And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
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Esther 2:19I Samuel 3:15Psalms 131:1Psalms 131:2II Samuel 17:23I Kings 20:43I Kings 21:4II Chronicles 26:20Job 20:5Esther 7:8II Samuel 15:30Job 9:24

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Esther 5:9Esther 3:2Esther 3:3Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:44

(13) And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
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Esther 5:10Esther 5:11Esther 5:12Esther 5:13Esther 5:14Genesis 41:8Daniel 2:12Genesis 40:19I Samuel 28:19I Samuel 28:20Job 15:24Daniel 5:26

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Esther 5:14Esther 3:6II Samuel 24:14I Chronicles 21:13Isaiah 31:3Jeremiah 6:15

(14) And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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Esther 5:8Esther 5:14Deuteronomy 32:35Deuteronomy 32:36

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Esther 5:5Esther 3:12Esther 7:8Esther 8:8Esther 5:4Esther 5:12

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