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Est 1:12 — But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the queen		This refusal of Vashti's, to expose herself to the view of such a group of drunken Bacchanalians, was highly praiseworthy, and became the dignity of her rank and the modesty of her sex.
refused		Gen 3:16; Eph 5:22,24; 1Pe 3:1
by his chamberlains		Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs
was the king		Pro 19:12; Pro 20:2; Dan 2:12; Dan 3:13,19; Nah 1:6; Rev 6:16,17
burned		Exd 32:19,22; Deu 29:20; Psa 74:1; Psa 79:5

Correlating Passages

refused

	Gen 3:16	Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
	Eph 5:22	Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
	Eph 5:24	Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
	1Pe 3:1	Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

was the king

	Pro 19:12	The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
	Pro 20:2	The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
	Dan 2:12	For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
	Dan 3:13	Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
	Dan 3:19	Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
	Nah 1:6	Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
	Rev 6:16	And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
	Rev 6:17	For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

burned

	Exd 32:19	And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
	Exd 32:22	And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.
	Deu 29:20	The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
	Psa 74:1	[[Maschil of Asaph.]] O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
	Psa 79:5	How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 1:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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