The Best Bible Verses in Esther (ESV)

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Esther

•   Esther 1:8 drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all…to do as each man desired

•   Esther 2:7 He [Mordecai] was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother.

•   Esther 2:7 Mordecai took her as his own daughter

•   Esther 2:11 every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her.

•   Esther 2:15 she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king’s eunuch…advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her

•   Esther 2:20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people…for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.

•   Esther 3:5 when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury.

•   Esther 3:13 Letters were sent…with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children

•   Esther 4:3 in every province… there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting & weeping & lamenting, & many of them lay in sackcloth

•   Esther 4:14 if you keep silent at this time…you and your father’s house will perish

•   Esther 4:14  And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

•   Esther 4:16 hold a fast on my behalf…for three days…Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.

•   Esther 5:2 he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.

•   Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.

•   Esther 8:1–2 King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. …

    …the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, &gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

•   Esther 8:16–17 The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor. …there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday.

•   Esther 9:1 on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred

•   Esther 9:22 the Jews got relief from their enemies…turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday…

    …that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

•   Esther 10:3 For Mordecai …was…popular with the multitude…for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.