1 John 5:12Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Ruth 1:15

‘Look,’ said Naomi, ‘your sister-in-law is going back to her own people and to her own gods. Go along with her!’

Esther 1:15

‘Queen Vashit’, the king said, ‘has failed to obey my royal command – the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs! What does the law say should be done to her?’

Esther 5:13

Yet all this does not satisfy me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.’

Esther 7:3

Then Queen Esther answered, ‘Your Majesty, if I have won your favour, and if it seems best to Your Majesty, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request,

Esther 7:7

In his wrath the king rose from the place where he was drinking wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stayed to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he saw that the king was fully determined to bring calamity upon him.