Esther 8:16
And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
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Esther 8:10
The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:
Esther 8:11
In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,
Esther 8:12
On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
Esther 8:13
A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.
Esther 8:14
So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.
Esther 8:15
And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.
Esther 8:16
And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
Esther 8:17
And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.
Proverbs 11:10
When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.
Esther 4:16
Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
Proverbs 28:12
When the upright do well, there is great glory; but when evil-doers are lifted up, men do not let themselves be seen.
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Psalms 97:11
Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.
Psalms 18:28
You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.
Job 11:17
And your life will be brighter than day; though it is dark, it will become like the morning.
Job 18:5
For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
Psalms 112:4
For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.
Psalms 118:27
The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar.
Proverbs 4:18
But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.
Micah 7:9
I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;
2 Samuel 22:29
For you are my light, O Lord; and the Lord will make the dark bright for me.
Esther 9:17
This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
Psalms 27:1
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
Isaiah 60:1
Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.
Malachi 4:2
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
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Zechariah 8:20
This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come,
Zechariah 8:21
And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.
Zechariah 8:22
And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.
Zechariah 8:23
This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
Acts 9:31
And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.
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