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.

Came before

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Bible References

Give the house

Job 27:16
“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
Psalm 39:6
“Surely every man walks about as a phantom;
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
Psalm 49:6
Even those who trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?
Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous.
Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?’

Came before

Esther 1:14
and were close to him: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had access to the king’s presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom—
Esther 2:7
He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle’s daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

General references

Genesis 31:9
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.