Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:1
This verse promotes wives being in subjection to their husbands, which contradicts the potential rebellion and disrespect Queen Vashti showed to King Ahasuerus in Esther 1:18.
1 Peter 3:1: Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Contradiction with Ephesians 5:22
This verse urges wives to submit to their husbands as to the Lord, contrasting with the insubordination mentioned in Esther 1:18.
Ephesians 5:22: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Contradiction with Colossians 3:18
This verse instructs wives to submit to their husbands, opposing the sentiment of rebellion from wives depicted in Esther 1:18.
Colossians 3:18: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Contradiction with Titus 2:5
This verse encourages young women to be obedient to their husbands, contrary to the behavior feared in Esther 1:18.
Titus 2:5: [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Contradiction with Proverbs 31:12
This verse mentions a virtuous wife who brings good to her husband, in contrast with the disrespect expected in Esther 1:18.
Proverbs 31:12: She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.