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Est 1:22 — For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

into every province		Est 3:12; Est 8:9; Dan 3:29; Dan 4:1
that every man		Both the law of God and common sense taught this from the foundation of the world; and this parade of enactment was only to deprive Vashti of her crown. Eph 5:22-24; 1Ti 2:12; Tts 2:4,5
it should, etc.		Heb. one should publish it according to the language of his country. Est 3:12
according		Luk 16:8; Act 2:5-11; 1Cr 14:19,20

Correlating Passages

into every province

	Est 3:12	Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
	Est 8:9	Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
	Dan 3:29	Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
	Dan 4:1	Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

that every man

	Eph 5:22	Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
	Eph 5:23	For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
	Eph 5:24	Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
	1Ti 2:12	But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
	Tts 2:4	That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
	Tts 2:5	[To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

it should, etc.

Est 3:12

Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

according

	Luk 16:8	And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
	Act 2:5	And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
	Act 2:6	Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
	Act 2:7	And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
	Act 2:8	And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
	Act 2:9	Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
	Act 2:10	Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
	Act 2:11	Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
	1Cr 14:19	Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.
	1Cr 14:20	Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 1:22," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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