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Esther 2:10
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Esther 2:10
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10 (A)Esther had not [a]revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it.
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- Esther 2:10 Revealed the identity of
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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Persecutions Are Coming(A)
16 (B)“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. (C)Therefore be wise as serpents and (D)harmless[a] as doves.
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- Matthew 10:16 innocent
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)Now Esther had not revealed her family and her people, just as Mordecai had charged her, for Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai 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(A)
6 Children, (B)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 and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; (A)their laws are different from all other people’s, and they do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them remain.
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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 For we have been (A)sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as (B)male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”
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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 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have 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 And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, (A)his uncle’s daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was lovely and beautiful. When her father and 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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