Esther 2:18

Esther Becomes Queen

¹⁷ The king loved Esther more than all the other women. She won more favor and approval from him than did any of the other young women. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti. ¹⁸ The king held a great banquet for all his officials and staff. It was Esther’s banquet. He freed his provinces from tax payments and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty. ¹⁹ When the young women were assembled together for a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the King’s Gate.

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Genesis 29:22

So Laban invited all the men of the place to a feast.

Judges 14:10-17

His father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as young men were accustomed to do.

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on a feast day. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”

Nehemiah 8:11

And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”

Esther 1:3-5

He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials from the provinces.

Esther 1:7

Beverages were served in an array of gold goblets, each with a different design. Royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty

Esther 9:22

because during those days the Jews got rid of their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday. They were to be days of feasting, rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and the poor.

Song of Songs 3:11

Come out, young women of Zion,
and gaze at King Solomon,
wearing the crown his mother placed on him
the day of his wedding—
the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

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Song of Songs 5:1

M I have come to my garden—my sister, my bride.
I gather my myrrh with my spices.
I eat my honeycomb with my honey.
I drink my wine with my milk.

N Eat, friends!
Drink, be intoxicated with love!

Matthew 22:2

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Luke 14:8

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t recline at the best place, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

Revelation 11:10

Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets brought judgment to those who live on the earth.

Revelation 19:9

Then he said to me, “Write: Those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb are fortunate!” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”