Nehemiah 13:11

So I quarreled with the prefects, and I said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" And I gathered them and set them at their station.

Nehemiah 10:39

For the {Israelites} and the {Levites} will bring to the storerooms the offering of grain, new wine, and olive oil. These are the objects of the sanctuary and the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God."

Nehemiah 13:17

So I quarreled with the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the day of the Sabbath?

Nehemiah 13:25

So I quarreled with them and cursed them and beat some of their men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath by God: "Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

1 Samuel 2:17

So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt.

Nehemiah 5:6-13

I was very angry when I heard their shouts and these words.

Job 31:34

because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

Malachi 3:8-11

Will a human [dare to] rob God? Yet you [are] robbing me! And you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In the tithes 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
So I quarreled with the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the day of the Sabbath?
Nehemiah 5:6
I was very angry when I heard their shouts and these words.
Job 31:34
because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

Why is the house

Nehemiah 10:39
For the {Israelites} and the {Levites} will bring to the storerooms the offering of grain, new wine, and olive oil. These are the objects of the sanctuary and the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God."
1 Samuel 2:17
So the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of Yahweh, because the men treated the offering of Yahweh with contempt.
Malachi 3:8
Will a human [dare to] rob God? Yet you [are] robbing me! And you say, 'How have we robbed you?' In the tithes and the contributions!