Esther 5:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and fulfil my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the dinner which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

Cross References

Esther 1:9

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasu-erus.

Esther 5:12

And Haman added, “Even Queen Esther let no one come with the king to the banquet she prepared but myself. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.

Esther 5:7

But Esther said, “My petition and my request is:

Esther 7:1

So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.

Esther 7:3

Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

Esther 8:5

and Esther rose and stood before the king. And she said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.

Proverbs 16:9

A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.