Nehemiah 13:11

So I reprimanded the officials and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts.

Nehemiah 10:39

For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; there are the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25

So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

1 Samuel 2:17

Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men despised the offering of the Lord.

Nehemiah 5:6-13

Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words.

Job 31:34

Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law strive with them.

Malachi 3:8-11

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

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Summary

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Bible References

Contended

Nehemiah 13:17
Then I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day?
Nehemiah 5:6
Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words.
Job 31:34
Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law strive with them.

Why is the house

Nehemiah 10:39
For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; there are the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.
1 Samuel 2:17
Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for the men despised the offering of the Lord.
Malachi 3:8
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.