Cross references

Esther 8:11

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

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Esther 8:11 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Esther 3:13 (8 votes) and Psalm 37:14–15 (8 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 49 to Ezekiel 39.

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Which verses does Esther 8:11 point to?

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

  1. And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

  2. The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

  3. the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever. He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free, …

  4. They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.

  5. In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples. And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them. …

  6. O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

  7. Psalm 68:34 votes

    But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

  8. I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Which verses point to Esther 8:11?

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