Cross References

Esther 1:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honour their husbands, from the greatest to the least.’

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Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

Wives, submit , to your husbands as to the Lord,

Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. You must purge the evil from you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

Then all the people will hear about it, be afraid, and no longer behave arrogantly.

The king and his counsellors approved the proposal, and he followed Memucan’s advice.

Some time later, when King Ahasuerus’s rage had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what was decided against her.