Esther 7:9
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9 Now (A)Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! (B)The [a]gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke (C)good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.”
Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”
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- Esther 7:9 Lit. tree or wood
Psalm 7:15-16
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15 He made a pit and dug it out,
(A)And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 (B)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on [a]his own crown.
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- Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head
Proverbs 11:5-6
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5 The righteousness of the blameless will [a]direct his way aright,
But the wicked will fall by his own (A)wickedness.
6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.
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- Proverbs 11:5 Or make smooth or straight
Esther 5:14
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14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a (A)gallows[a] be made, [b]fifty cubits high, and in the morning (B)suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.”
And the thing pleased Haman; so he had (C)the gallows made.
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- Esther 5:14 Lit. tree or wood
- Esther 5:14 About 75 feet
Psalm 35:8
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8 [a]Let (A)destruction come upon him unexpectedly,
And let his net that he has hidden catch himself;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
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- Psalm 35:8 Lit. Let destruction he does not know come upon him,
Esther 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, (A)Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,
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Psalm 141:10
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10 (A)Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.
Daniel 6:24
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Darius Honors God
24 And the king gave the command, (A)and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, (B)their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.
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Daniel 6:7
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7 All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have (A)consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Psalm 73:19
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19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalm 37:35-36
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35 I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a native green tree.
36 Yet [a]he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
Indeed I sought him, but he could not be found.
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- Psalm 37:36 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Syr., Vg. I passed by
Psalm 9:15-16
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15 (A)The [a]nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught.
16 The Lord is (B)known by the judgment He executes;
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
(C)Meditation.[b] Selah
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- Psalm 9:15 Gentiles
- Psalm 9:16 Heb. Higgaion
Job 27:20-23
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20 (A)Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.
21 The east wind carries him away, and he is gone;
It sweeps him out of his place.
22 It hurls against him and does not (B)spare;
He flees desperately from its [a]power.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him,
And shall hiss him out of his place.
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- Job 27:22 Lit. hand
Esther 9:25
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25 but (A)when [a]Esther came before the king, he commanded by letter that [b]this wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should (B)return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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- Esther 9:25 Lit. she or it
- Esther 9:25 Lit. his
Esther 6:14
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14 While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to (A)the banquet which Esther had prepared.
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Esther 6:2
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2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of [a]Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
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- Esther 6:2 Bigthan, Esth. 2:21
Esther 2:21-23
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21 In those days, while Mordecai sat within the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, [a]Bigthan and Teresh, doorkeepers, became furious and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 So the matter became known to Mordecai, (A)who told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name. 23 And when an inquiry was made into the matter, it was confirmed, and both were hanged on a gallows; and it was written in (B)the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.
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- Esther 2:21 Bigthana, Esth. 6:2
1 Samuel 17:51
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51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his (A)sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it.
And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, (B)they fled.
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2 Kings 9:32
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32 And he looked up at the window, and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” So two or three eunuchs looked out at him.
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