Nehemiah 13:17
Then I confronted the leaders of Judah, “What is this evil thing you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
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Nehemiah 5:7Then I thought about this, and brought charges against the nobles and officials. I said to them, “You are exacting interest, each from his own brother.” I held a great assembly against them
Nehemiah 13:25I confronted them, and I cursed them, and I hit some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise wicked people, 1 but those who keep the law fight against them. 1
Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the important people and declare God's messages to them, for they at least know Yahweh's ways, the decrees of their God.” 1 But they all broke their yoke together; they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God. 1
Jeremiah 22:2Say, 'King of Judah, listen to the word of Yahweh—you who sit on David's throne—you, and your servants, and your people who come through these gates.
Micah 3:1I said, “Now listen, 1 you leaders of Jacob 1 and rulers of the house of Israel: 1 Is it not right for you to understand justice? 1
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:16-23
The Charge Respecting the Sabbath. ( b. c. 434.) 15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I… Read the whole commentary →