World English Bible
Esther 7:5
“Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, "Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
Verse in context — Esther 7
Then Esther the queen answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss.
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, "Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?
Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!" Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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God’s providence preserves His people through Queen Esther’s courage.
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