Esther 5:2

Easy To Read Version

Then the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court. When he saw her, he was very pleased. He held out to her the gold scepter {\cf2\super [19]} that was in his hand. So Esther went in to the room and went near the king. Then she touched the end of the king’s gold scepter.

Cross References

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. [191] I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have not been defeated.”

Nehemiah 1:11

So Lord, please listen to my prayer. I am your servant. And please listen to the prayers of your servants that want to show respect for your name. Lord, you know I am the king’s wine servant. {\cf2\super [3]} So please help me today. Help me as I ask the king for help. Give me success and help me to be pleasing to the king.

Esther 2:9

Hegai liked Esther. She became his favorite. So Hegai quickly gave Esther beauty treatments and special food. Hegai chose seven women servants from the king’s palace and gave them to Esther. Then Hegai moved Esther and her seven girl servants into the best place where the king’s women lived.

Esther 4:11

“Mordecai, all the king’s leaders and all the people of the king’s provinces know this: The king has one law for any man or woman that goes to the king without being called. He must be put to death. The only way this law is not carried out is if the king puts out his gold scepter {\cf2\super [15]} to the person. If the king does that, then that person’s life will be saved. And I have not been called to go see the king for 30 days.”

Esther 8:4

Then the king held out the gold scepter {\cf2\super [26]} to Esther. Esther got up and stood in front of the king.

Psalm 116:1

I love it when the the Lord hears\par my prayers.\par

Proverbs 21:1

\{Farmers dig small ditches to water their fields. They change where the water goes by closing different ditches.\} The Lord controls a king’s mind just like that. The Lord can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.

Acts 10:4

Cornelius looked at the angel. He became afraid and said, “What do you want, sir?”

Acts 7:10

Joseph had many troubles there, but God saved him from all those troubles. Pharaoh was the king of Egypt. He liked Joseph and respected him because of the wisdom that God gave Joseph. Pharaoh gave Joseph the job of being a governor of Egypt. He even let Joseph rule over all the people in Pharaoh’s house.