Esther 6:6

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Summary

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

Whom the king, etc

To whom

Obadiah 1:3

General references

Proverbs 16:18

Bible References

Whom the king, etc

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yea, let them say continually, LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Behold, my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights. I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

Thou shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall thy land any more be termed Desolate. But thou shall be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah, for LORD delights in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good. And I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

And lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

To whom

And all the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down, nor did him reverence.

And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.

For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor [is] humility.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes, and their eyelids are lifted up.

The pride of thy heart has deceived thee, O thou who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

General references

Pride [is] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.