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Esther 2:10
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Esther 2:10
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10 (A)Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known.
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Esther 2:10
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Esther 2:10
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10 Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.(A)
Matthew 10:16
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Matthew 10:16
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Persecution Will Come
16 (A)“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be (B)wise as serpents and (C)innocent as doves.
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Matthew 10:16
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Matthew 10:16
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16 “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.(A) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.(B)
Esther 2:20
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Esther 2:20
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20 (A)Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just (B)as when she was brought up by him.
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Esther 2:20
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Esther 2:20
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20 But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up.(A)
Ephesians 6:1
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Ephesians 6:1
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Children and Parents
6 (A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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Ephesians 6:1
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Ephesians 6:1
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6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A)
Esther 3:8
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Esther 3:8
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8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. (A)Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.
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Esther 3:8
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Esther 3:8
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8 Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs(A) are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey(B) the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.(C)
Esther 7:4
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Esther 7:4
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4 (A)For we have been sold, I and my people, (B)to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”
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Esther 7:4
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Esther 7:4
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4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
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- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
Esther 4:13-14
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Esther 4:13-14
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13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
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Esther 4:13-14
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Esther 4:13-14
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13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent(A) at this time, relief(B) and deliverance(C) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”(D)
Esther 2:7
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Esther 2:7
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7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, (A)the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
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Esther 2:7
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Esther 2:7
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7 Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther,(A) had a lovely figure(B) and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.
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