I contended.

Nehemiah 13:11, 17
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, . . .

Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

cursed.

Nehemiah 5:13
I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake out of his House and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen, " and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

Deuteronomy 27:14-26
Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite: . . .

Psalm 15:4
who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,

Luke 11:45, 46
One of the experts in the law told Him, "Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well." . . .

smote.

Deuteronomy 25:2, 3
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime deserves. . . .

Ezra 7:26
If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

plucked.

Isaiah 50:6
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

made them.

Nehemiah 10:29, 30
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord. . . .

Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him, and take your oaths using only His name.

2 Chronicles 15:12-15
Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. . . .

Ezra 10:5
So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.

Ye shall not.

Exodus 34:16
and when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

Deuteronomy 7:3
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,