Esther 9:4
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
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Joshua 6:27So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
2 Samuel 3:1Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
1 Chronicles 14:17And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will save her that haltes, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
Matthew Henry on Esther 9:2-20
The Jews Avenged. ( b. c. 509.) 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man… Read the whole commentary →