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
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
Nehemiah 5:6
And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Job 31:34
Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Why is the house
Nehemiah 10:39
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
1 Samuel 2:17
Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, In what have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.