Esther 4 cross-references
Esther 4 has 17 verses, which point to 119 other passages and are cited by 91. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
Points to (21)
- Daniel 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and… 7 votes
- Ezekiel 27:30–31 — And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon… 5 votes
- 2 Samuel 13:19 — And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on… 5 votes
- 2 Samuel 1:11 — Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: 5 votes
- Job 42:6 — Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. 4 votes
- Revelation 18:17–19 — For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and… 3 votes
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- Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the… 12 votes
- Jonah 3:6 — For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and… 6 votes
- Esther 8:16 — The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. 6 votes
- Revelation 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore… 5 votes
Esther 4:2
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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- Luke 7:25 — But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled,… 2 votes
- Genesis 50:4 — And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have… 2 votes
Esther 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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- Isaiah 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding… 6 votes
- Daniel 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and… 4 votes
- Isaiah 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a… 3 votes
- Isaiah 37:1–3 — And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with… 3 votes
- Isaiah 22:4 — Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling… 3 votes
- Esther 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink… 3 votes
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- Esther 4:6 — So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. 6 votes
- Esther 9:31 — To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen… 5 votes
- Isaiah 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a… 3 votes
- Nehemiah 9:1 — Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with… 3 votes
Esther 4:4
So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
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- Psalms 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be… 6 votes
- Jeremiah 31:15 — Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her… 4 votes
- Isaiah 56:3 — Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath… 4 votes
- Esther 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king… 4 votes
- 2 Kings 9:32 — And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or… 4 votes
- 1 Samuel 8:15 — And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 4 votes
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- 2 Kings 25:29 — And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. 7 votes
- Proverbs 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 4 votes
Esther 4:5
Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
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- 1 Corinthians 12:26 — And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members… 4 votes
- Romans 12:15 — Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 3 votes
- Hebrews 4:15 — For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all… 2 votes
- Philippians 2:4 — Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 2 votes
- Esther 1:10 — On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona,… 2 votes
- Esther 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king… 1 votes
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- Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book… 2 votes
- 1 Kings 21:5 — But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? 2 votes
Esther 4:6
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
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- Esther 4:3 — And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning… 6 votes
- Esther 7:2 — And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen… 3 votes
- Esther 9:12 — And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the… 0 votes
Pointed to from (1)
- Proverbs 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. 3 votes
Esther 4:7
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Points to (1)
- Esther 3:2–15 — And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so… 6 votes
Pointed to from (2)
- Esther 7:4 — For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for… 2 votes
- Proverbs 12:6 — The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 1 votes
Esther 4:8
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
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- Ecclesiastes 10:4 — If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. 5 votes
- Job 9:15 — Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 4 votes
- 1 Timothy 6:13 — I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before… 3 votes
- Esther 3:14–15 — The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that… 3 votes
- Esther 2:20 — Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the… 3 votes
- Acts 12:20 — And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and,… 2 votes
Pointed to from (3)
- Ephesians 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance… 11 votes
- Jeremiah 38:26 — Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to… 2 votes
- Esther 7:3 — Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the… 2 votes
Esther 4:9
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Pointed to from (1)
- Proverbs 26:1 — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. 2 votes
Esther 4:10
Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
Esther 4:11
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
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- Esther 5:1–2 — Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of… 7 votes
- Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying… 6 votes
- Esther 8:4 — Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 6 votes
- Esther 2:14 — In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of… 3 votes
- Esther 6:4 — And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to… 2 votes
- Esther 1:19 — If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the… 2 votes
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- Esther 8:4 — Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 7 votes
- Esther 5:2 — And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his… 7 votes
- Mark 8:35 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 6 votes
- Daniel 2:9 — But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying… 4 votes
Esther 4:12
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Esther 4:13
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
Points to (5)
- Proverbs 24:10–12 — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. 7 votes
- Philippians 2:30 — Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service… 4 votes
- John 12:25 — He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life… 4 votes
- Hebrews 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in… 1 votes
- Matthew 16:24–25 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his… 0 votes
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- Ecclesiastes 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 votes
- Proverbs 31:8 — Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. 4 votes
- Esther 2:10 — Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. 4 votes
Esther 4:14
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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- Genesis 45:4–8 — And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph… 50 votes
- 1 Samuel 12:22 — For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make… 42 votes
- Deuteronomy 32:36 — For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is… 24 votes
- Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in… 22 votes
- Jeremiah 30:11 — For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have… 17 votes
- Matthew 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of… 15 votes
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- Proverbs 17:17 — A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 9 votes
- Esther 2:17 — And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all… 8 votes
- Romans 9:17 — For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my… 5 votes
- Matthew 16:25 — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 4 votes
Esther 4:15
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Pointed to from (1)
- Daniel 2:18 — That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows… 3 votes
Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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- Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course… 19 votes
- 2 Chronicles 20:3 — And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 17 votes
- Joel 2:12–17 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with… 13 votes
- Luke 9:24 — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall… 11 votes
- Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of… 9 votes
- Jonah 3:4–9 — And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh… 5 votes
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- Matthew 16:25 — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 11 votes
- Matthew 6:16 — Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that… 9 votes
- Genesis 43:14 — And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I… 8 votes
- Daniel 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and… 6 votes
Esther 4:17
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.