Nehemiah 13:11

Modern English Version

I confronted the officials and asked, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” So I gathered them and stationed them at their posts.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:39

Both the Israelites and the Levites should bring the contribution of the grain, new wine, and the fresh oil to the chambers, because the vessels of the sanctuary and the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers are there. We resolve not to forsake the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and asked them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25

So I confronted them and cursed them. Some of the men I beat. Others, I plucked out their hair. Also, I made them swear an oath by God and said to them, “You shall neither give your daughters to their sons, nor marry their daughters to your sons or to yourselves.

Job 31:34

did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

1 Samuel 2:17

Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord. For the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.