Esther 3:3-5

New Century Version

³ Then the royal officers at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why don’t you obey the king’s command?” ⁴ And they said this to him every day. When he did not listen to them, they told Haman about it. They wanted to see if Haman would accept Mordecai’s behavior because Mordecai had told them he was Jewish.

⁵ When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him or honor him, he became very angry.