THEOSISEsther 1:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.
וְנִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה֙ בְּכָל־מַלְכוּת֔וֹ כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה הִ֑יא וְכָל־הַנָּשִׁ֗ים יִתְּנ֤וּ יְקָר֙ לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן לְמִגָּד֖וֹל וְעַד־קָטָֽן׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Col 3:18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.
- Eph 5:33Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular love for his wife as himself: And let the wife fear her husband.
- Eph 5:22Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:
- 1 Pet 3:1In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives,
- 1 Pet 3:7Ye husbands, likewise dwelling with them according to knowledge, giving honour to the female as to the weaker vessel and as to the co-heirs of the grace of life: that your prayers be not hindered.
- Deut 17:13And all the people hearing it shall fear, that no one afterwards swell with pride.
- Deut 21:21The people of the city shall stone him: and he shall die, that you may take away the evil out of the midst of you, and all Israel hearing it may be afraid.