Nehemiah 13:17

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Summary

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

I contended

Bible References

I contended

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.

and I advised so in my mind, that I rebuked the councilors and the rulers, and said unto them, "Will ye require usury one of another?" And I brought a great congregation against them,

{A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.

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

Hear the word of the LORD, ye tyrants of Sodom, and hearken unto the law of our God, thou people of Gomorrah.

Therefore will I go unto their heads and rulers, and talk with them: if they know the way of the LORD, and the judgments of our God." But these, in like manner, have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds in sunder.

Tell the king and the rulers, "Humble yourselves, set you down low, for the crown of your glory shall fall from your head."

and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, thou king of Judah that sittest in the kingly seat of David: thou, and thy servants, and thy people, that go in and out at this gate.

Hear, O ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye leaders of the house of Israel: Should not ye know, what were lawful and right?