Nehemiah 13:11

Then reproved I the rulers, and said, "Why forsake we the house of God?" But I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Nehemiah 10:39

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring up the heave offerings of the corn, wine, and oil unto the chests. And there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and singers, that we forsake not the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:17

Then reproved I the rulers in Judah, and said unto them, "What evil thing is this that ye do, and break the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25

And I reproved them, and cursed them, and smote certain men of them, and plucked them up, and took an oath of them by God, "Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

1 Samuel 2:17

And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD. For they despised the people, and also the offering of the LORD.

Nehemiah 5:6-13

But when I heard their complaint and such words, it displeased me sore,

Job 31:34

For if I had feared any great multitude of people, or if I had been despised of the simple; Oh then should I have been afraid. Thus have I quietly spent my life, and not gone out at the door.

Proverbs 28:4

They that forsake the law, praise the ungodly; but such as keep the law, abhor them.

Malachi 3:8-11

Should a man use falsity and deceit with God, as ye use falsity and deceit with me? Yet ye say, 'Wherein use we deceit with thee?' In tithes and heave 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 reproved I the rulers in Judah, and said unto them, "What evil thing is this that ye do, and break the Sabbath day?
Nehemiah 5:6
But when I heard their complaint and such words, it displeased me sore,
Job 31:34
For if I had feared any great multitude of people, or if I had been despised of the simple; Oh then should I have been afraid. Thus have I quietly spent my life, and not gone out at the door.
Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law, praise the ungodly; but such as keep the law, abhor them.

Why is the house

Nehemiah 10:39
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring up the heave offerings of the corn, wine, and oil unto the chests. And there shall be the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and singers, that we forsake not the house of our God.
1 Samuel 2:17
And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD. For they despised the people, and also the offering of the LORD.
Malachi 3:8
Should a man use falsity and deceit with God, as ye use falsity and deceit with me? Yet ye say, 'Wherein use we deceit with thee?' In tithes and heave offerings.