Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him--for surely you will fall before him." Sermons
I. THERE SHOULD BE NO SECRETS BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE. Where there are secrets there is always a danger of an outbreak of passion or jealousy. Happiness is endangered. II. HAMAN TOLD OF HIS CHECKS AS WELL AS HIS ADVANCES; HIS DISAPPOINTMENTS AS WELL AS HONOURS. Sometimes men tell their good fortune and hide the bad; and, on the other hand, some husbands make their wives miserable from fear of approaching disaster. III. HUMAN HAD A FAITHFUL WARNING, BUT LITTLE CONSOLATION, IN HIS CONJUGAL CONFIDENCE. Zeresh told him that "if Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him," etc. She was a candid friend and a true prophet. Wives should, however, seek to comfort the bread-winner under his trials. IV. HAMAN HAD TO INVOLVE HIS WIFE IN HIS OVERTHROW, AND RIGHTLY LETS HER KNOW ALL THAT BEFALLS HIM. No man can suffer alone. As Achan "perished not alone in his iniquity," so Haman. His bitterest regrets must have been that he had to involve wife and family in ruin. - H.
Before whom thou hast begun to fall. The ascent to honour and greatness is steep, and those who aspire after them must climb it slowly, and with difficulty; but the descent is easy, and so precipitous, that when they lose their footing they fall in minutes what they rose in years.(T. McCrie, D. D.). People Ahasuerus, Bigthana, Esther, Haman, Mordecai, Teresh, ZereshPlaces SusaTopics Able, Account, Advisers, Anything, Befallen, Begun, Better, Certainly, Descent, Downfall, Fall, Friends, Haman, Hast, Jewish, Jews, Met, Mordecai, Mor'decai, Origin, Overcome, Prevail, Recounted, Recounteth, Ruin, Seed, Stand, Started, Starting, Surely, Wife, Wilt, Wise, ZereshOutline 1. Xerxes, reading of the good service done by Mordecai, takes care for his reward.4. Haman, coming to ask that Mordecai might be hanged, 10. gives counsel that he might do him honor. 12. Complaining of this, his friends tell him of his final destiny. Dictionary of Bible Themes Esther 6:11-13Library Whether Honor is Properly Due to those who are Above Us?Objection 1: It seems that honor is not properly due to those who are above us. For an angel is above any human wayfarer, according to Mat. 11:11, "He that is lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John the Baptist." Yet an angel forbade John when the latter wished to honor him (Apoc. 22:10). Therefore honor is not due to those who are above us. Objection 2: Further, honor is due to a person in acknowledgment of his virtue, as stated above [3162](A[1]; Q[63], A[3]). But sometimes those who … Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica The Order of Thought which Surrounded the Development of Jesus. "Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. " King of Kings and Lord of Lords Esther Links Esther 6:13 NIVEsther 6:13 NLT Esther 6:13 ESV Esther 6:13 NASB Esther 6:13 KJV Esther 6:13 Bible Apps Esther 6:13 Parallel Esther 6:13 Biblia Paralela Esther 6:13 Chinese Bible Esther 6:13 French Bible Esther 6:13 German Bible Esther 6:13 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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