Esther 4:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther, explain it to her, and charge her to go to the king to make supplication to him and to entreat him for her people.

Cross References

Esther 2:20

Now Esther had not revealed her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.

Esther 4:9

Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.

Esther 8:6

For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming on my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

Job 9:15

Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal to my accuser for my right.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

Proverbs 21:1

The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Ecclesiastes 10:4

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness will undo great offenses.

Acts 12:20

Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him in a body, and after winning over Blastus, the king’s personal attendant, they asked for a reconciliation, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

1 Timothy 6:13

In the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you

1 Timothy 6:17

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.