Esther 5:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a pole fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hung on it; then go with the king to the banquet in good spirits.” This advice pleased Haman, and he had the pole made.

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, the ones he has left to look after the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

1 Kings 21:25

(Indeed, there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel.

1 Kings 21:7

His wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you now govern Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Esther 6:4

The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hung on the pole that he had prepared for him.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to kill those who walk uprightly;

Psalm 37:32

The wicked watch for the righteous and seek to kill them.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.

Proverbs 1:18

yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves! and set an ambush—for their own lives!

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

Romans 1:32

They know God’s decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die, yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Revelation 11:10

and the inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets tormented the inhabitants of the earth.