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
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.