BibleGateway: Esther 7 ESV Text: Esther 7 Esther 7 (Listen) 7:1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast,… At the second feast, Esther reveals the plot of Haman against the Jews. The king has Haman hanged on his own gallows.
BibleGateway: Esther 6 ESV Text: Esther 6 Esther 6 (Listen) The King Honors Mordecai 6:1 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles,… The king remembers the plot against him that Mordecai uncovered and honors Mordecai. Haman is humiliated.
BibleGateway: Esther 5 ESV Text: Esther 5 Esther 5 (Listen) Esther Prepares a Banquet 5:1 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace, in… The king receives Esther favorably. Esther asks the king and Haman to attend a feast. At the feast, she asks them to attend another feast the next day. Meanwhile, Haman prepares a gallows on which he intends to have Mordecai hanged.
BibleGateway: Esther 4 ESV Text: Esther 4 Esther 4 (Listen) Esther Agrees to Help the Jews 4:1 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and… Mordecai appeals to Esther to go to the king and to request that he spare the Jews. Esther agrees, though it means risking her own life.
BibleGateway: Esther 3 ESV Text: Esther 3 Esther 3 (Listen) Haman Plots Against the Jews 3:1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne… When Mordecai refuses to pay homage to Haman, Haman furiously convinces the king to decree the destruction of the Jews.
BibleGateway: Esther 2 ESV Text: Esther 2 Esther 2 (Listen) Esther Chosen Queen 2:1 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had… King Ahasuerus chooses Esther, an exiled Judean, to be his new queen. Mordecai, the cousin of Esther, uncovers a plot against the king and the plotters are hanged.
BibleGateway: Esther 1 ESV Text: Esther 1 Esther 1 (Listen) The King’s Banquets 1:1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King… King Ahasuerus of Persia is displeased with his queen and decides to find a new queen.
BibleGateway: Psalm 58 ESV Text: Psalm 58 Psalm 58 (Listen) God Who Judges the Earth To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam1 of David. 58:1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you… Worldly rulers may work injustice for a time, but the Lord will have the last word and justice will prevail in the end.
BibleGateway: Psalm 57 ESV Text: Psalm 57 Psalm 57 (Listen) Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam1 of David, when he fled from Saul,… While hiding in a cave to escape from King Saul, David confidently asks the Lord for deliverance and praises the Lord in advance for rescuing him.
BibleGateway: Psalm 56 ESV Text: Psalm 56 Psalm 56 (Listen) In God I Trust To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam1 of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.… The Lord knows the sorrows of his people. He will deliver us from our enemies. Therefore, we trust in Him.
