Esther 6:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?”

Cross References

Esther 1:15

“According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed by the eunuchs?”

Esther 5:11

and Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the ministers of the king.

Esther 6:11

So Haman took the robes and the horse and robed Mordecai and led him riding through the open square of the city, proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor.”

Esther 6:5

So the king’s servants told him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” The king said, “Let him come in.”

Esther 6:7

So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king wishes to honor,

Esther 6:9

Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble officials; let him robe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor.’ ”

Psalm 35:27

Let those who desire my vindication shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant.”

Proverbs 1:32

For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction one’s heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

Proverbs 30:13

There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!—

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Jeremiah 32:41

I will rejoice in doing good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

Obadiah 1:3

Your proud heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is in the heights. You say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?”

Matthew 3:17

And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”

Luke 14:9

and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give this person your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place.

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.