Cross references
Esther 4:3
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther 4:3 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 22:12 (6 votes) and Daniel 9:3 (4 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 37 to Matthew 25.
Which verses does Esther 4:3 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Isaiah 22:126 votes
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Daniel 9:34 votes
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Esther 3:123 votes
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
- Esther 4:163 votes
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
- Isaiah 22:43 votes
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 37:1–33 votes
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD. And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz …
- Isaiah 58:53 votes
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
- 1 Samuel 4:13–142 votes
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out. Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.
- Matthew 13:422 votes
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 22:132 votes
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Matthew 25:302 votes
- 1 Samuel 11:41 vote
- Esther 1:11 vote
Which verses point to Esther 4:3?
The 10 strongest of 17.