Est 7:8, Pro 16:14-15, 20:2, 28:15, Ecc 8:4, Dan 2:12-13, 3:19-23, 5:19 | ESV | STEP | And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine , as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was . And the king said , Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house ? As the word left the mouth of the king , they covered Haman’s face .

8 And the king returned from ^athe palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on ^bthe couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face.

Proverbs 16:14-15

14 ^cA king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
and a wise man will ^dappease it.
15 ^eIn the light of a king’s face there is life,
and his ^ffavor is like ^gthe clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 20:2

2 The terror of a king is like ^hthe growling of a lion;
whoever provokes him to anger ⁱforfeits his life.

Proverbs 28:15

15 Like ^ja roaring lion or ^ka charging bear
is ^la wicked ruler over a poor people.

Ecclesiastes 8:4

4 For the word of the king is supreme, and ^mwho may say to him, “What are you doing?”

Daniel 2:12-13

12 Because of this the king was angry and ⁿvery furious, and ^ocommanded that all ^pthe wise men of Babylon be destroyed. 13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought ^qDaniel and his companions, to kill them.

Daniel 3:19-23

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was ^rfilled with fury, and the expression of his face ^swas changed against ^tShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army ^uto bind ^vShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were ^wbound in their cloaks, their tunics, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27} their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king’s order was ^yurgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^zShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell ^aabound into the burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 5:19

19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^aball peoples, nations, and languages ^actrembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.