Quotes about Esther
And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
- Esther 5:6
Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:
- Esther 5:7
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
- Esther 5:8
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
- Esther 5:10
“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
- Esther 5:12
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
- Esther 6:2
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
- Esther 6:5
And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
- Esther 6:7
have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
- Esther 6:8
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
- Esther 6:12
While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
- Esther 6:14
So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
- Esther 7:1