Esther 1:17

Easy To Read Version

I say that, because all the other women will hear about what Queen Vashti did. And then other women will stop obeying their husbands. They will say to their husbands, ‘King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought to him, but she refused to come.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:16

Saul’s daughter Michal was looking out the window. While the Lord’s Holy Box was being carried into the city, David was jumping and dancing before the Lord. Michal saw this, and she was upset at David. {She thought he was making a fool of himself.}

Ezra 4:6

Those enemies even wrote letters to the king of Persia trying to stop the Jews. They wrote a letter the year that Xerxes {\cf2\super [15]} became the king of Persia.

Esther 1:16

Then Memucan answered the king with the other officials listening, “Queen Vashti has done wrong. She has done wrong against the king and also against all the leaders and people of all the provinces of King Xerxes.

Esther 1:18

“Today the wives of the Persian and Median leaders have heard what the queen did. And those women will be influenced by the thing she did. Those women will do the same thing to the king’s important leaders. And there will be plenty of disrespect and anger.

Ephesians 5:33

But each one of you must love his wife like he loves himself. And a wife must respect her husband.