Esther 5:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.

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  • Esth 6:13 : 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.
  • Eccl 7:9 : 9 Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
  • Gen 43:30-31 : 30 And Joseph hurried out; for his heart yearned for his brother: and he sought somewhere to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and restrained himself, and said, Serve the meal.
  • Gen 45:1 : 1 Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him; and he cried, Make every man go out from me. So no man stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
  • 2 Sam 13:22-23 : 22 And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

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  • Esth 6:10-14
    5 verses
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    10 Then the king said to Haman, Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

    11 Then Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

    12 And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and with his head covered.

    13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.

    14 And while they were still talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 5:8-9
    2 verses
    80%

    8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases 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 tomorrow I will do as the king has said.

    9 Then Haman went forth that day joyful and with a glad heart. But when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

  • Esth 5:11-14
    4 verses
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    11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

    12 Haman said moreover, Yes, Queen Esther did let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared, but myself; and tomorrow I am invited to her also with the king.

    13 Yet all this profits me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

    14 Then Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And this pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

  • Esth 3:1-6
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    76%

    1 After these things, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

    2 And all the king's servants who were in the king's gate bowed and reverenced Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow, nor did he show reverence.

    3 Then the king's servants who were in the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's commandment?"

    4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he did not listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.

    5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow nor show him reverence, then Haman was full of wrath.

    6 And he thought it scornful to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had shown him the people of Mordecai. Therefore, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

  • Esth 6:4-7
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    4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

    5 And the king's servants said to him, Look, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

    6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

    7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,

  • Esth 7:6-10
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    74%

    6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

    7 And the king, arising from the wine banquet in his wrath, went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to plead for his life to Queen Esther; for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.

    8 Then the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the wine banquet; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, Will he also assault the queen before me in the house? As the words came out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

    9 And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on it.

    10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.

  • Esth 5:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And Esther answered, If it pleases the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.

    5 Then the king said, Make Haman hurry, so that he may do as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 8:1-3
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    72%

    1 On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had revealed who he was to her.

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

    3 And Esther spoke again before the king, and fell at his feet, and pleaded with tears to annul the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his scheme against the Jews.

  • Esth 9:10
    71%

    10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, they killed; but on the spoil they did not lay their hands.

  • Esth 7:1
    70%

    1 So the king and Haman came to feast with Queen Esther.

  • Esth 3:10-11
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    70%

    10 And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

    11 And the king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."

  • Esth 8:7
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    7 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and he has been hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.

  • Esth 9:24-25
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    70%

    24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

    25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

  • Esth 9:13-14
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    13 Then said Esther, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

    14 And the king commanded it to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

  • Esth 1:12
    69%

    12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his eunuchs; therefore, the king was very angry, and his fury burned within him.

  • Esth 1:17-18
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    69%

    17 For the queen's actions shall be made known to all women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported,

    18 Likewise, shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day to all the king's princes who have heard of the queen's action. Thus, there shall arise much contempt and wrath.

  • Esth 1:10
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    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 eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,

  • Esth 3:8
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    8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are different from all people; neither do they keep the king's laws. Therefore, it is not profitable for the king to tolerate them."

  • Esth 4:7
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    7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

  • Esth 2:10
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    10 Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not reveal it.

  • Esth 2:1
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    1 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

  • Esth 8:5
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    5 And said, If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter is right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king's provinces.

  • Esth 4:12
    68%

    12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words.