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.
Contended
Why is the house
Bible References
Contended
Nehemiah 13:17
so I contended with the nobles of Judah, - and said unto them, What is this wicked thing which, ye, are doing, and profaning the sabbath day?
Nehemiah 5:6
And it angered me greatly, - when I heard their outcry, and these words.
Job 31:34
Then let me be made to tremble at a great throng, yea let, the contempt of families, terrify me, so that, keeping silence, I shall not go out of the door!
Proverbs 28:4
They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.
Why is the house
Nehemiah 10:39
For, into the chambers, should the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi bring in the heave-offering of the corn, the new wine and the oil, since, there, are the utensils of the sanctuary, and the priests who are in attendance, and the doorkeepers, and the singers, - so would we not neglect the house of our God.
1 Samuel 2:17
And so it was, that, the sin of the young men, was exceeding great, before Yahweh, - for men scorned the offerings of Yahweh.
Malachi 3:8
Will, a son of earth, defraud, God? Nevertheless, ye, have been defrauding me, and yet ye say, Wherein have we defrauded thee? In the tithe and the offering.