Cross references

Esther 6:12

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

Esther 6:12 BSB

Esther 6:12 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Samuel 15:30 (6 votes) and Jeremiah 14:3–4 (4 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 41 to Acts 12.

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Which verses does Esther 6:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

  2. The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

  3. So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.

  4. Job 20:53 votes

    the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

  5. Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

  6. When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

  7. Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.

  8. When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

  9. When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

  10. Esther 7:82 votes

    Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

  11. Job 9:242 votes

Which verses point to Esther 6:12?

The 10 strongest of 14.