Esther 1:11

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Related verses

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• Proverbs 31:30
  Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
• Mark 6:21–22
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• Proverbs 16:9
  A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
• 1 Samuel 25:3
  His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
• Esther 6:8
  …have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
• 2 Samuel 14:25
  Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
• Proverbs 23:29–33
  Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
• Esther 2:17
  And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

People

Vashti: Queen of Persia, deposed by King Ahasuerus (Xerxes)

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Book of Esther· Chamberlain· Crown· Esther (Person)· Vashti

Topics

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Beauty: Vashti· Chamberlain: An officer of a King· Crown by Queens· Divorce: Disobedience of the Wife to the Husband, a Sufficient Cause For, in the Persian Empire· Drunkenness: Ahasuerus· Family: Infelicity in Ahasuerus, on Account of Vashti's Refusing to Appear Before his Drunken Courtiers· Family: Persian, Domestic Customs· Husband: Unreasonable and Oppressive: Ahasuerus· Husbands: Bad: Ahasuerus· Modesty: Vashti· Persia: Vashti Was Divorced for Refusing to Appear Before the King's Courtiers· Queen: Crowned· Queen: Divorced· Queens· Vashti: Put Away (Divorced) for Refusing to Exhibit Herself at a Royal Banquet· Wife: Incorruptible, Vashti· Women: Social Status of in Persia· Women: Vashti