Esther 4:16

New Century Version

“Go and get all the Jewish people in Susa together. For my sake, fast; do not eat or drink for three days, night and day. I and my servant girls will also fast. Then I will go to the king, even though it is against the law, and if I die, I die.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him so he would command his children and his descendants to live the way the Lord wants them to, to live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord, will give Abraham what I promised him.”

Genesis 43:14

I pray that God Almighty will cause the governor to be merciful to you and that he will allow Simeon and Benjamin to come back with you. If I am robbed of my children, then I am robbed of them!”

2 Samuel 10:12

Be strong. We must fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he thinks is right.”

2 Kings 7:4

There is no food in the city. So if we go into the city, we will die there. If we stay here, we will die. So let’s go to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we will live. If they kill us, we die.”

2 Chronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to ask the Lord what to do. He announced that everyone in Judah should fast during this special time of prayer to God.

Ezra 8:21

There by the Ahava Canal, I announced we would all fast and deny ourselves before our God. We would ask God for a safe trip for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.

Esther 4:15

Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai:

Esther 4:17

So Mordecai went away and did everything Esther had told him to do.

Esther 4:3

As the king’s order reached every area, there was great sadness and loud crying among the Jewish people. They fasted and cried out loud, and many of them lay down on rough cloth and ashes to show how sad they were.

Esther 5:1

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace, facing the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the doorway.

Esther 9:31

He wrote to set up these days of Purim at the chosen times. Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had sent out the order for the Jewish people, just as they had set up things for themselves and their descendants: On these two days the people should fast and cry loudly.

Isaiah 22:12

The Lord God All-Powerful told the people to cry and be sad, to shave their heads and wear rough cloth.

Jeremiah 36:9

In the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king, a fast was announced. All the people of Jerusalem and everyone who had come into Jerusalem from the towns of Judah were supposed to give up eating to honor the Lord.

Daniel 2:18

Daniel asked his friends to pray that the God of heaven would show them mercy and help them understand this secret so he and his friends would not be killed with the other wise men of Babylon.

Matthew 12:40

Jonah was in the stomach of the big fish for three days and three nights. In the same way, the Son of Man will be in the grave three days and three nights.

Luke 9:24

Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me will have true life.

John 19:22

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

Acts 10:7

When the angel who spoke to Cornelius left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier, a religious man who worked for him.

Acts 20:24

I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I complete my mission, the work that the Lord Jesus gave me—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace.

Acts 21:13

But he said, “Why are you crying and making me so sad? I am not only ready to be tied up in Jerusalem, I am ready to die for the Lord Jesus!”

Acts 27:33

Just before dawn Paul began persuading all the people to eat something. He said, “For the past fourteen days you have been waiting and watching and not eating.

Acts 9:9

For three days Saul could not see and did not eat or drink.

Romans 16:4

and who risked their own lives to save my life. I am thankful to them, and all the non-Jewish churches are thankful as well.

Philippians 2:30

because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to give me the help you could not give in your service to me.

Joshua 24:15

But if you don’t want to serve the Lord, you must choose for yourselves today whom you will serve. You may serve the gods that your ancestors worshiped when they lived on the other side of the Euphrates River, or you may serve the gods of the Amorites who lived in this land. As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

1 Samuel 19:5

David risked his life when he killed Goliath the Philistine, and the Lord won a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and were happy. Why would you do wrong against David? He’s innocent. There’s no reason to kill him!”