ESTHER 5:11 : Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, all the ways in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king. A proud woodpecker was tapping away at a dead tree...
ESTHER 5:3 : And the king said to her, “What do you wish, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given to you up to half my kingdom!” Among those who served in the court of Alexander the Great was a famous philosopher who had outstanding ability but...
ESTHER 5:2 : So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther went near and touched the top of the scepter. In...
ESTHER 4:16 : “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I...
ESTHER 4:14 : “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” On October 3,...
ESTHER 4:1 :When Mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He cried out with a loud and bitter cry. In the cartoon strip Peanuts, Charlie Brown often exclaims, “Good grief” While he...
ESTHER 3:8-9 :Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from all other people’s, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king...
ESTHER 3:5 When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath. A group of people were shown a large sheet of white cardboard with a small, black dot in the center. The leader of the group asked them, “What do you see?”...
ESTHER 3:2-4 : And all the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage, then the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why...
ESTHER 2:21-23: In those days; while Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. So the matter became known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name....