17. Esther

from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday  (Esther 9:22)

I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.  (Esther 4:16)

And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage  (Esther 3:2)