Nehemiah 6:3

American Standard Version (1901)

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Cross References

John 9:4

We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

Matthew 10:16

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

Luke 14:30

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

Proverbs 14:15

The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

Nehemiah 6:2

that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto 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 unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

Nehemiah 4:13

Therefore set I 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.