Cross references
Esther 8:16
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
Esther 8:16 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 97:11 (8 votes) and Proverbs 11:10 (8 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Esther 3 to Acts 9.
Which verses does Esther 8:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Psalm 97:118 votes
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
- Proverbs 11:108 votes
When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
- Psalm 18:287 votes
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
- Esther 4:1–36 votes
When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate. …
- Psalm 30:5–115 votes
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning. In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.” …
- Esther 9:174 votes
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- Isaiah 35:104 votes
So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- 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!”
- Psalm 112:43 votes
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
- Isaiah 30:29–303 votes
You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
- Proverbs 4:18–192 votes
Which verses point to Esther 8:16?
The 10 strongest of 12.