Bible Cross References
his ring
Esther 3:10
The king took off his ring, which was used to stamp proclamations and make them official, and gave it to the enemy of the Jewish people, Haman son of Hammedatha, the descendant of Agag.
Genesis 41:42
The king removed from his finger the ring engraved with the royal seal and put it on Joseph's finger. He put a fine linen robe on him, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
Isaiah 22:19-22
19
The LORD will remove you from office and bring you down from your high position."
20
The LORD said to Shebna, "When that happens, I will send for my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
21
I will put your official robe and belt on him and give him all the authority you have had. He will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.
22
I will give him complete authority under the king, the descendant of David. He will have the keys of office; what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open.
Luke 15:22
But the father called to his servants. 'Hurry!' he said. 'Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.
Esther set
2 Samuel 9:7-10
7
"Don't be afraid," David replied. "I will be kind to you for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will give you back all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always be welcome at my table."
8
Mephibosheth bowed again and said, "I am no better than a dead dog, sir! Why should you be so good to me?"
9
Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said, "I am giving Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, everything that belonged to Saul and his family.
10
You, your sons, and your servants will farm the land for your master Saul's family and bring in the harvest, to provide food for them. But Mephibosheth himself will always be a guest at my table." (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)
Psalm 37:34
Put your hope in the LORD and obey his commands; he will honor you by giving you the land, and you will see the wicked driven out.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Nothing that I had worked for and earned meant a thing to me, because I knew that I would have to leave it to my successor,
Ecclesiastes 2:19-26
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and he might be wise, or he might be foolish---who knows? Yet he will own everything I have worked for, everything my wisdom has earned for me in this world. It is all useless.
20
So I came to regret that I had worked so hard.
21
You work for something with all your wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then you have to leave it all to someone who hasn't had to work for it. It is useless, and it isn't right!
22
You work and worry your way through life, and what do you have to show for it?
23
As long as you live, everything you do brings nothing but worry and heartache. Even at night your mind can't rest. It is all useless.
24
The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.
25
How else could you have anything to eat or enjoy yourself at all?
26
God gives wisdom, knowledge, and happiness to those who please him, but he makes sinners work, earning and saving, so that what they get can be given to those who please him. It is all useless. It is like chasing the wind.
Ecclesiastes 5:13
Here is a terrible thing that I have seen in this world: people save up their money for a time when they may need it,
Ecclesiastes 5:14
and then lose it all in some bad deal and end up with nothing left to pass on to their children.
Daniel 2:48
Then he gave Daniel a high position, presented him with many splendid gifts, put him in charge of the province of Babylon, and made him the head of all the royal advisers.