Nehemiah 13:11

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.

Cross-reference

Nehemiah 13:17 shows Nehemiah similarly confronting nobles for Sabbath violation — another reform action.

Nehemiah 13:25 records Nehemiah's confrontation over intermarriage — a parallel pattern of rebuke.

Nehemiah 5:6-13 shows Nehemiah rebuking nobles for usury — same pattern of confronting injustice and restoring order.

Nehemiah 10:39 records the people's vow not to neglect God's house — a promise broken by the time of this verse.

Proverbs 28:4 says those who keep the law resist the wicked — Nehemiah's action exemplifies this wisdom.