Learning from someone else’s mistakes
Esther 5
1. Haman is blinded by his ego
Verses 3–8
2. Haman is controlled by his emotions
Verses 9-12
Luke 12:17-19-“And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”
Proverbs 16:18-“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”
Proverbs 29:23-“A man’s pride will bring him low.”
Proverbs 27:1-“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.”
3. Haman’s sin begins to entrap him
Verse 14
Proverbs 5:21-22-“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his paths. His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, and he is caught in the cords of his sin.”