Nehemiah 13:17

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:11

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

Nehemiah 13:16

Men of Tyre also stayed there, having hauled in fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

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.

Nehemiah 5:7

So I contemplated about this for myself and, as a result, I rebuked the nobles and officials and said to them, “Based on the claim of each against his brother, you are exacting usury.” Then I convened a great assembly against them,

Proverbs 28:4

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

Isaiah 1:10

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah:

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Humble yourselves, sit down, for your beautiful crown shall come down from your head.”

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they have known the way of the Lord and the judgment of their God.” But these have altogether broken the yoke and burst the bonds.

Ezekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes, and they despised My judgments, which if a man does them, he shall live. And My Sabbaths they greatly polluted. Then I said I would pour out My fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them.

Leviticus 19:17

You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely reason honestly with your neighbor, and not suffer sin because of him.

Micah 3:1

Then I said: Listen now, heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

Micah 3:9

Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and warp all that is straight,