Quotes About Loyalty

And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Estherís welfare and what was happening to her.

Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecaiís command, as she had done under his care.

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the kingís gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the kingís eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecaiís behalf.

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.

Then the royal servants at the kingís gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”

Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecaiís behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.

Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the kingís eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.

Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the kingís gate.”

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.

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

You would even cast lots for an orphan and barter away your friend.

If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?

if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;

Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who are faithless without cause will be disgraced.

I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.

Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.

Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.