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 those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare 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 nations.

You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.

I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.

and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

To whom

And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage.

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and the servants of the king.

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

There are those--how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?"

General references

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.