And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.