12Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
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Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. …
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. …
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. …
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)This account here given of Haman is a comment upon that of Solomon, Prov. 21:24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that deals in proud wrath . Never did any man more answer that name than Haman, in whom pride and wrath had so much the ascendant. See him, I. Puffed up with the honour of being invited to Esther’s feast. He was joyful and glad of heart at it, Est. 5:9. Observe with what a high gu…
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