Esther 4:16 Cross References

Esther 4:16

16: "Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I am willing to die."

Acts 20:24

  1. But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus--the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love.

2 Chronicles 20:3

  1. Jehoshaphat was alarmed by this news and sought the LORD for guidance. He also gave orders that everyone throughout Judah should observe a fast.

Joel 2:12

  1. That is why the LORD says, "Turn to me now, while there is time! Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
  2. Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager not to punish you.
  3. Who knows? Perhaps even yet he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this terrible curse. Perhaps he will give you so much that you will be able to offer grain and wine to the LORD your God as before!
  4. Blow the trumpet in Jerusalem! Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting.
  5. Bring everyone--the elders, the children, and even the babies. Call the bridegroom from his quarters and the bride from her private room.

Luke 9:24

  1. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life.

Genesis 18:19

  1. I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD and do what is right and just. Then I will do for him all that I have promised."

Jonah 3:4

  1. On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: "Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!"
  2. The people of Nineveh believed God's message, and from the greatest to the least, they decided to go without food and wear sackcloth to show their sorrow.
  3. When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in sackcloth and sat on a heap of ashes.
  4. Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: "No one, not even the animals, may eat or drink anything at all.
  5. Everyone is required to wear sackcloth and pray earnestly to God. Everyone must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence.

Joshua 24:15

  1. But if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD."

Genesis 43:14

  1. May God Almighty give you mercy as you go before the man, that he might release Simeon and return Benjamin. And if I must bear the anguish of their deaths, then so be it."

Esther 5:1

  1. Three days later, Esther put on her royal robes and entered the inner court of the palace, just across from the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the entrance.

Joel 1:14

  1. Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Bring the leaders and all the people into the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to him there.
  2. The day of the LORD is on the way, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!

2 Samuel 10:12

  1. Be courageous! Let us fight bravely to save our people and the cities of our God. May the LORD's will be done."

Philippians 2:30

  1. For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while trying to do for me the things you couldn't do because you were far away.

Romans 16:4

  1. In fact, they risked their lives for me. I am not the only one who is thankful to them; so are all the Gentile churches.

Isaiah 22:12

  1. The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of sackcloth to show your remorse.

Acts 9:9

  1. So his companions led him by the hand to Damascus. He remained there blind for three days. And all that time he went without food and water.

Acts 21:13

  1. But he said, "Why all this weeping? You are breaking my heart! For I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but also to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

Acts 27:33

  1. As the darkness gave way to the early morning light, Paul begged everyone to eat. "You haven't touched food for two weeks," he said.

Matthew 12:40

  1. For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so I, the Son of Man, will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 19:5

  1. Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the LORD brought a great victory to Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!"

Acts 10:7

  1. As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of his personal attendants.
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