Esther 3:9   (Read all of Esther 3)

If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents of silver to the king's administrators for the royal treasury."

Esther 3:12   (Read all of Esther 3)

Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman's orders to the king's satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.

Esther 4:7   (Read all of Esther 4)

Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

Esther 4:11   (Read all of Esther 4)

"All the king's officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king."

Esther 4:14   (Read all of Esther 4)

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance 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?"

Esther 5:1   (Read all of Esther 5)

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance.

Esther 5:9   (Read all of Esther 5)

Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king's gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against Mordecai.

Esther 6:8   (Read all of Esther 6)

have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head.

Esther 6:9   (Read all of Esther 6)

Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king's most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, 'This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!' "

Esther 6:10   (Read all of Esther 6)

"Go at once," the king commanded Haman. "Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended."

Esther 6:11   (Read all of Esther 6)

So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!"

Esther 8:9   (Read all of Esther 8)

At once the royal secretaries were summoned-on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai's orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.

Esther 8:10   (Read all of Esther 8)

Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king's signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.

Esther 8:14   (Read all of Esther 8)

The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king's command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.

Esther 8:15   (Read all of Esther 8)

When Mordecai left the king's presence, he was wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration.

Job 1:7   (Read all of Job 1)

The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it."

Job 1:20   (Read all of Job 1)

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship

Job 2:2   (Read all of Job 2)

And the Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it."

Job 2:12   (Read all of Job 2)

When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Job 3:8   (Read all of Job 3)

May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

Job 4:10   (Read all of Job 4)

The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.

Job 5:3   (Read all of Job 5)

I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 6:18   (Read all of Job 6)

Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.

Job 8:6   (Read all of Job 8)

if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.