Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
Had not shewed
For mordecai
Bible References
Had not shewed
Esther 3:8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, "There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among all people in all the lands of thine empire, and their law is contrary unto all people, and they do not after the king's laws, neither is it the king's profit to suffer them after this manner.
Esther 4:13
Mordecai bade say again unto Esther, "Think not to save thine own life, while thou art in the king's house before all Jews:
Esther 7:4
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold to be bondmen and bondwomen, then would I hold my tongue; although the enemy could not recompense the king's loss.
Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.
For mordecai
Esther 2:7
and he nourished Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and she was a fair and beautiful damsel. And when her father and mother died, Mordecai received her as his own daughter.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.