6 occurrences

'Nothing' in the Bible

Now when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And Esther was looked on kindly by all who saw her.

Verse ConceptsHuman FavourMan's CounselWomen's Rolesmakeup

Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsChildren, Good Examples OfThose Who Did Not TellMen's OrdersObeying People

If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?

Verse ConceptsPurimAuthority Of PeopleRight Time For Peopledeliveranceliberationroyalty

But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway.

Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfSitting In The Gateway

And the king said, What honour and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? Then the servants who were waiting on the king said, Nothing has been done for him.

Verse ConceptsPraising Specific People

For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

Verse ConceptsPeople Being SilentMaking SlavesKilling Israelitesrisk

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