Esther 6:6

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we commanded that whomever Haman, who is chief over all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honor in the place of a father, whomever he would point out should be destroyed by their enemies, with their wives and children, and that no one may take pity on them, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year,

Cross References

Esther 5:11

And he said to him, "Let the silver, which you promise, be for yourself. As for the people, do with them as it pleases you."

Esther 6:5

When we had learned this, seeing one nation rebellious against all mankind, having overthrown the usefulness of laws, and going against our orders, and disturbing the peace and harmony of the provinces subject to us,

Esther 6:7

so that these guilty men, all on one day, may go down to the underworld, restoring to our empire the peace that they had disturbed."

Esther 6:9

The couriers, who had been sent, hurried to complete the king's command, but the edict was hung up in Susa immediately. And the king and Haman celebrated a feast, while all the Jews in the city were weeping.

Proverbs 1:32

The loathing of the little ones shall destroy them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall perish them.

Proverbs 16:18

Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified.

Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, whose eyes have been elevated, and their eyelids are lifted on high.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, I will uphold him, my elect, with him my soul is well-pleased. I have sent my Spirit upon him. He will offer judgment to the nations.

Jeremiah 32:41

And I will rejoice over them, while I do good for them. And I will plant them in this land, in truth, with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Obadiah 1:3

The arrogance of your heart has lifted you up, living in the clefts of the rocks, exalting your throne. You say in your heart, "Who will pull me down to the ground?"

Matthew 3:17

And behold, there was a voice from heaven, saying: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Luke 14:9

And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, 'Give this place to him.' And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place.

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.