Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
Vashti
Fair to look on
General references
Bible References
Vashti
Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart devises his way, but LORD directs his steps.
Mark 6:21
And having become a convenient day, when Herod on his birthday made a dinner for his chiefs, and the high captains, and the leading men of Galilee,
Fair to look on
1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was churlish and evil in his doings, and he was of the house of Caleb.
2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, [but] a woman who fears LORD, she shall be praised.
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Mark 6:22
and the daughter of her (of Herodias) having come in and danced, and having pleased Herod and those who sat with the king, he said to the maiden, Ask of me whatever thou may want, and I will give to thee.