Cross references

Esther 6:6

Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?”

Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

Esther 6:6 BSB

Esther 6:6 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:18 (5 votes) and Obadiah 1:3 (4 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from 1 Kings 1 to John 5.

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Which verses does Esther 6:6 point to?

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  1. Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

  2. The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

  3. Esther 6:93 votes

    Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

  4. Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  5. “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

  6. No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

  7. Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

  8. And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

  9. All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage. Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”

  10. Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

  11. Esther 6:72 votes

    And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

  12. So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

  13. John 5:231 vote

Which verses point to Esther 6:6?

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