Esther 2:10

New Century Version

Esther did not tell anyone about her family or who her people were, because Mordecai had told her not to.

Cross References

Esther 2:11

Every day Mordecai walked back and forth near the courtyard where the king’s women lived to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.

Esther 2:20

Esther still had not told anyone about her family or who her people were, just as Mordecai had commanded her. She obeyed Mordecai just as she had done when she was under his care.

Esther 2:7

Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, who had no father or mother, so Mordecai took care of her. Hadassah was also called Esther, and she had a very pretty figure and face. Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.

Esther 3:8

Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain group of people scattered among the other people in all the states of your kingdom. Their customs are different from those of all the other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws. It is not right for you to allow them to continue living in your kingdom.

Esther 7:4

My people and I have been sold to be destroyed, to be killed and completely wiped out. If we had been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because that would not be enough of a problem to bother the king.”

Matthew 10:16

“Listen, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as clever as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents as the Lord wants, because this is the right thing to do.

Ruth 3:6

So Ruth went down to the threshing floor and did all her mother-in-law told her to do.