Nehemiah 13:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,”
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“So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I strive with the prefects, and say, `Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?' and I gather them, and set them on their station;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Nehemiah 13:11 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 2:17Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
- Nehemiah 5:6When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
- Nehemiah 10:39For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
- Nehemiah 13:17Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
- Nehemiah 13:25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
- Job 31:34because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
- Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
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