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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Est 5:13 — Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
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Yet all this
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Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. Haman, though possessed of immense riches, glory, and honour, and the prime favourite of his king, is wretched, because he could not have the homage of that man whom his heart even despised! Oh, how distressing are the inquietudes of pride and vanity. 1Ki 21:4-6; Job 15:20; Job 18:4; Ecc 1:2,14; Phl 4:11,12 |
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1Ki 21:4 |
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. |
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1Ki 21:5 |
But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? |
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1Ki 21:6 |
And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee [another] vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. |
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Job 15:20 |
The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. |
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Job 18:4 |
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? |
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Ecc 1:2 |
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity. |
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Ecc 1:14 |
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit. |
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Phl 4:11 |
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content. |
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Phl 4:12 |
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Esther 5:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Est/5/13.html>.
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