Esther 5:10

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

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KJV

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

ASV

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.

YLT

And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

DBT

But Haman controlled himself, and came home; and he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

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Nevertheless Haman refrained himself,.... From showing any outward resentment to Mordecai, from laying hands upon him or taking revenge on him, as being too much below him to avenge himself on a single person, when the whole body of the people Mordecai belonged to would shortly feel the power of his hand for such insolent treatment of him: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife; who, the Targum says, was the daughter of Tatnai, the governor on the other side the river, Ezr 5:3.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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What a struggle had he in his own bosom between his anger, which required Mordecai's death immediately ( O that I had of his flesh! 31 ), and his malice, which had determined to wait for the general massacre! Thus thorns and snares are in the way of the froward.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He took notice of his own riches and honours, the numerousness of his family, and the high posts to which he was advanced, that he was the darling of the prince and the idol of the court; and yet all this avails him nothing as long as Mordecai is unhanged.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Esther 6:13
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
2 Samuel 13:22–23
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
Genesis 45:1
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
Genesis 43:30–31
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.
Malachi 3:15
So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
2 Samuel 13:3
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

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Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
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- James 1:19
  My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
- Proverbs 14:17
  A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- Proverbs 16:32
  He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
- Ephesians 4:26–27
  “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
- Proverbs 26:23–26
  Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
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Esther 6:13
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will…
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- Proverbs 28:18
  He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
- Hosea 14:9
  Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in…
- Genesis 40:19
  Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

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