Esther 1:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

Cross References

Esther 1:7

And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.

Esther 1:9

And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.

Jeremiah 35:8

And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

John 2:8

Then he said to them, Now take some, and give it to the master of the feast. So they took it to him.