Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
Give the house
Came before
General references
Bible References
Give the house
Job 27:16
"Though he hoards silver like dust, and stores away garments like clay,
Psalm 39:6
In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.
Psalm 49:6
those who put confidence in their wealth and boast about their great riches?
Proverbs 13:22
A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous.
Proverbs 28:8
Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant interest collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me.
Luke 12:20
But God told him, "You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?'
Came before
Esther 1:14
(His closest advisors were: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who had direct access to the king and who held the highest rank in the kingdom.)
Esther 2:7
Mordecai had raised his cousin Hadassah, or Esther, because she had no father or mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was very attractive. After her mother and father died, Mordecai had taken her as his daughter.
General references
Genesis 31:9
"So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.