Nehemiah 13:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:39

For the Israelites and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the storerooms where the vessels of the sanctuary are and where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are. We will not neglect the house of our God.

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of the men and pulled out their hair, and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.

Job 31:34

because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence and did not go out of doors—

1 Samuel 2:17

Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for they treated the offerings of the Lord with contempt.