3 For Mordecai the Jew was second to king Xerxes and towering among the Jews and held dear by many of his brothers; he sought after the good for his people and spoke up for the welfare of all his seed.
Esther 10:3 Cross References - CLV
Genesis 41:40
40 You shall be over my household, and at your bidding all my people shall bear weapons. But on the throne will I be greater than you.
Genesis 41:43-44
1 Samuel 23:17
17 and said unto him, `Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father does not find you, and you do reign over Israel, and I am to you for second, and also so knows Saul my father..
2 Chronicles 28:7
7 And Zichri, a mighty one of Ephraim, slays Maaseiah son of the king, and Azrikam leader of the house, and Elkanah second to the king.
Nehemiah 2:10
10 and Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them--a great evil--that a man has come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.
Esther 3:2
2 All the king's courtiers in the king's gateway were bowing down and prostrating themselves before Haman; for so were the instructions the king had given concerning him. As for Mordecai, he did neither bow down nor prostrate himself.
Psalms 122:6-9
Daniel 5:16
16 Yet I hear concerning you that you can interpret interpretations and untie knots. Now, if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, in purple shall you be clothed, with a circlet of gold about your neck, and as the third one in the kingdom shall you have authority."
Daniel 5:29
29 Then, at Belshazzar's order, they clothe Daniel in purple, with a circlet of gold about his neck, and they proclaim concerning him that he is the third authority in the kingdom."
Romans 9:2-3
Romans 10:1
1 Indeed, brethren, the delight of my heart and my petition to God for their sake is for salvation."
Romans 14:18
18 For he who in this is slaving for Christ, is well pleasing to God and attested by men."