Esther 3:5

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Summary

Esther 3:5

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

That mordecai

Esther 3:2

Esther 5:9

Full of wrath

General references

Proverbs 16:18

Bible References

That mordecai

and all servants of the king, who are in the gate of the king, are bowing and doing obeisance to Haman, for so hath the king commanded for him; and Mordecai doth not bow nor do obeisance.

And Haman goeth forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman's seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he hath not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai.

Full of wrath

and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that is by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.

and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

A man of great wrath is bearing punishment, For, if thou dost deliver, yet again thou dost add.

Proud, haughty, scorner is his name, Who is working in the wrath of pride.

A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.

Then Nebuchadnezzar hath been full of fury, and the expression of his face hath been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;

General references

Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.'