Proverbs 26:1 Cross References - MLV

¹ As snow in summer and as rain in harvest, so honor is not becoming for a fool.

⁷ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and lifted up his voice and cried out and said to them, Listen to me, you* men of Shechem, that God may listen to you*.

²⁰ But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.

⁵⁶ Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers. ⁵⁷ And God requited all the wickedness of the men of Shechem upon their heads. And the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to Jehovah that he may send thunder and rain and you* will know and see that your* wickedness is great, which you* have done in the sight of Jehovah in asking a king for you*.
¹⁸ So Samuel called to Jehovah and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.

¹ After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite and advanced him and set his seat above all the rulers that were with him. ² And all the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, bowed down and did reverence to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down, nor do him reverence. ³ Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king's commandment?
⁴ Now it happened, when they spoke daily to him and he did not listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. ⁵ And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor do him reverence, then Haman was full of wrath.
⁶ But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
⁷ In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
⁸ And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom and their laws are diverse from those of every people, nor do they keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to endure them. ⁹ If it please the king, let it be written that they are destroyed. And I will pay ten thousand talants of silver into the hands of those who have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
¹⁰ And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. ¹¹ And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.
¹² Then the king's scribes were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it. And there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps and to the governors who were over every province and to the rulers of every people, to every province according to the writing of it and to every people after their language, in the name of king Ahasuerus it was written. And it was sealed with the king's ring.
¹³ And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little sons and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
¹⁴ A copy of the writing that the decree should be given out in every province was proclaimed to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day. ¹⁵ The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.
And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

⁶ So Hathach went forth to Mordecai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

⁹ And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

⁸ The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

⁴ in whose eyes those who reject God are despised, but who honors those who fear Jehovah, he that swears to his own hurt and changes not,

¹ Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God is continual.

⁷ Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince.

¹⁰ Luxurious living is not becoming for a fool, much less a servant to have rule over rulers.

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey and a rod for the back of fools.

⁸ As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

¹⁶ The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness will prolong his days.

⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were, an error which proceeds from the ruler: ⁶ Folly is set in great dignity and the rich sit in a low place. ⁷ I have seen servants upon horses and rulers walking like servants upon the earth.