Nehemiah 6:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

And I sent men to them saying, I am doing a great work, so that it is not possible for me to come down: is the work to be stopped while I go away from it and come down to you?

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me saying, Come, let us have a meeting in one of the little towns in the lowland of Ono. But their purpose was to do me evil.

Nehemiah 6:4

And four times they sent to me in this way, and I sent them the same answer.

Proverbs 14:15

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.

Matthew 10:16

See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

Luke 14:30

And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.

John 9:4

While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.