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Est 1:11 — To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she [was] fair to look on.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Vashti		Pro 16:9; Pro 23:29-33; Mar 6:21,22
fair to look on		Heb. good of countenance. 1Sa 25:3; 2Sa 14:25; Pro 31:30

Correlating Passages

Vashti

	Pro 16:9	A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
	Pro 23:29	Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
	Pro 23:30	They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
	Pro 23:31	Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
	Pro 23:32	At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
	Pro 23:33	Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
	Mar 6:21	And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief [estates] of Galilee;
	Mar 6:22	And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give [it] thee.

fair to look on

	1Sa 25:3	Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb.
	2Sa 14:25	But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
	Pro 31:30	Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 1:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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