Nehemiah 13:11

New King James Version

So I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their place.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:39

For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are; and we will not neglect the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:25

So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But such as keep the law contend with them.

Job 31:34

Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door—

1 Samuel 2:17

Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for men abhorred the offering of the Lord.