Nehemiah 13:11

And I shall contend with the prefects, and say, Wherefore was the house of God forsaken? And I shall gather them together, and cause them to stand upon their standing.

Nehemiah 10:39

For to the cells shall the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi bring the oblations of the grain, of the new wine and the new oil, and there the vessels of the holy place, and the priests serving, and the gate-keepers and those singing: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:17

And I shall contend with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, What this evil word that ye are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?

Nehemiah 13:25

And I shall contend with them, and I shall curse them and I shall strike of them men, and I shall make them bald, and cause them to swear by God, If ye shall give your daughters to their sons, and if ye shall lift up from their daughters to your sons and to yourselves.

1 Samuel 2:17

And the sin of the boys will be exceedingly great before Jehovah, for the men despised the gifts of Jehovah.

Nehemiah 5:6-13

And it will kindle to me greatly as I heard their cry and these words.

Job 31:34

, If I, shall fear a great multitude, and the contempt of families terrify me, and I will be silent and not go out of my door.

Proverbs 28:4

They forsaking the law will praise the unjust: and they watching the law, shall contend with them.

Malachi 3:8-11

Will man defraud God? For ye defraud me. And ye said, In what did we defraud thee? The tenths and the 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
And I shall contend with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, What this evil word that ye are doing, and profaning the day of the Sabbath?
Nehemiah 5:6
And it will kindle to me greatly as I heard their cry and these words.
Job 31:34
, If I, shall fear a great multitude, and the contempt of families terrify me, and I will be silent and not go out of my door.
Proverbs 28:4
They forsaking the law will praise the unjust: and they watching the law, shall contend with them.

Why is the house

Nehemiah 10:39
For to the cells shall the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi bring the oblations of the grain, of the new wine and the new oil, and there the vessels of the holy place, and the priests serving, and the gate-keepers and those singing: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
1 Samuel 2:17
And the sin of the boys will be exceedingly great before Jehovah, for the men despised the gifts of Jehovah.
Malachi 3:8
Will man defraud God? For ye defraud me. And ye said, In what did we defraud thee? The tenths and the offerings.