Esther 1:20 Cross References - BBE

²⁰ And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom for it is great, all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.

¹³ And all the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear and put away their pride.

²¹ Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

²² Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

³³ But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

¹⁸ Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

¹ Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives, ² When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God. ³ Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing; ⁴ But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God. ⁵ And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands: ⁶ As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger. ⁷ And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.