Quotes About Honor

And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of Davidís descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.

Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,

But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

All the royal servants at the kingís gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.

Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the kingís entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the kingís attendants.

Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.

Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the kingís most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ëThis is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!í”

“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the kingís gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”

So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

Then Mordecai returned to the kingís gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.

while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.