Nehemiah 13:11

Therefore, I rebuked the officials, saying, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts.

Nehemiah 10:39

For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:17

I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them: “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25

I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said: “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!

1 Samuel 2:17

So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

Nehemiah 5:6-13

I became extremely angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints.

Job 31:34

because I greatly feared the crowds,
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so I grew silent and would not go outside?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

Malachi 3:8-11

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them: “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
Nehemiah 5:6
I became extremely angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints.
Job 31:34
because I greatly feared the crowds,
and the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so I grew silent and would not go outside?
Proverbs 28:4
Those who reject the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law battle against them.

Why is the house

Nehemiah 10:39
For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.
1 Samuel 2:17
So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.
Malachi 3:8
“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

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