Esther 1:21

American Standard Version (1901)

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

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  • Gen 41:37 : 37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
  • Esth 2:4 : 4 and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
  • Esth 1:19 : 19 If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

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  • Esth 1:22
    84%

    22 for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

  • Esth 1:8-20
    13 verses
    82%

    8 And the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

    9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

    10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

    11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

    12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

    13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

    14 and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),

    15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

    16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

    17 For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

    18 And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen say [the like] unto all the king's princes. So [will there arise] much contempt and wrath.

    19 If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

    20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

  • Esth 2:4
    79%

    4 and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

  • Esth 8:5
    75%

    5 And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:

  • Esth 2:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

    18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

  • 2 Chr 30:4
    74%

    4 And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.

  • Esth 2:13
    74%

    13 then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

  • Esth 3:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

    12 Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring. [

  • Esth 6:7
    73%

    7 And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

  • Esth 9:26
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    26 Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

  • Esth 5:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

    4 And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

    5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that it may be done as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 2:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

    2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

  • Esth 2:9
    72%

    9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

  • Esth 1:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

    3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;

  • Esth 6:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

    11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.

  • Esth 8:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

    2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

  • Esth 5:8
    72%

    8 if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.

  • Esth 9:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31 to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.

    32 And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

  • Esth 4:12
    71%

    12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.

  • Esth 3:1
    71%

    1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

  • Esth 2:22
    71%

    22 And the thing became known to Mordecai, who showed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king [thereof] in Mordecai's name.

  • Esth 2:15
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    15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

  • Dan 6:1
    71%

    1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

  • Esth 4:17
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    17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

  • Esth 8:9
    71%

    9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  • Esth 4:15
    70%

    15 Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,

  • Esth 1:5
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    5 And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

  • Dan 5:10
    70%

    10 [ Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever; let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed.

  • Eccl 8:4
    70%

    4 For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

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