Romans 13:2Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
Therefore he who sets himself against the authorities is resisting God’s appointment, and those who resist will bring a judgment on themselves.
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Esther 2:1
Some time later, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered what Vashti had done and what had been decreed against her.
Esther 3:2
All the king’s courtiers who were in the king’s gate used to bow down before Haman, for so the king had commanded, but Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself.
Esther 3:5
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down nor prostrate himself before him, he was furious.
Esther 3:8
So Haman said to King Ahasuerus, ‘There is a certain people scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, whose laws differ from those of every other and who do not keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not right for the king to tolerate them.
Esther 5:10
Nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went home. He called together his friends and Zeresh his wife