Esther 4:16

Modern English Version

“Go, gather all the Jews who can be found in Susa, then fast for me. Stop eating and drinking for three days, night or day. I and my young women will fast likewise. Only then would I dare go to the king since it is not allowed by law, and if I perish, I perish.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I chose him, and he will instruct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He promised him.”

Genesis 43:14

And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother, along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

2 Samuel 10:12

Be strong and let us fight with resolve for the sake of our people and the cities of our God. May the Lord do what seems good to Him.”

2 Kings 7:4

If we say, ‘Let us enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. But if we sit here, we die also. Now come, let us fall into the camp of the Arameans. If they spare our lives, we will live, and if they kill us, we will die.”

2 Chronicles 20:3

Then Jehoshaphat was fearful and set himself to seek the Lord, and he called for a fast throughout all Judah.

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a good route for us, our little ones, and all our substance.

Esther 4:15

Then Esther replied, sending back to Mordecai:

Esther 4:17

So Mordecai went away and did exactly as Esther had commanded him.

Esther 4:3

In each and every province where the king’s command and his decree came there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Esther 5:1

On the third day, Esther put on her royal apparel and positioned herself in the king’s palace courtyard so that she would be directly in line with the part of the king’s throne room where the king sat facing the entrance of the room on his royal throne in the royal hall.

Esther 9:31

in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had instituted for themselves and for their offspring, with the instructions for their times of fasting and their lamenting.

Isaiah 22:12

In that day the Lord God of Hosts called you to weeping and mourning, and to tear your hair and wear sackcloth.

Jeremiah 36:9

In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem and to all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

Daniel 2:18

so that they might ask for compassion from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Luke 9:24

For whoever will save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

John 19:22

Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

Acts 10:7

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from among those who continually waited on him.

Acts 20:24

But none of these things deter me. Nor do I count my life of value to myself, so that I may joyfully finish my course and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 27:33

As day was about to dawn, Paul asked them all to eat, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued without food, having eaten nothing.

Acts 9:9

For three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Romans 16:4

who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I, but also all the churches of the Gentiles, give thanks.

Philippians 2:30

because for the work of Christ he was near death, not regarding his life, endeavoring to make up for your lack of service toward me.

Joshua 24:15

If it is displeasing to you to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve, if it should be the gods your fathers served beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites’ land where you are now living. Yet as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

1 Samuel 19:5

For he took his life in his hand and struck down the Philistine, and the Lord made a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Now why then would you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without cause?”