Nehemiah 6:3

A Conservative Version

And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it, and come down to you?

Cross References

John 9:4

I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

Luke 14:30

saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

Proverbs 14:15

A simple man believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.

Nehemiah 6:2

that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in [one of] the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Nehemiah 6:4

And they sent to me four times after this sort, and I answered them after the same manner.

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore I set in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set [there] the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.