Nehemiah 6:3

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

John 9:4

We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be 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

The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they intended to do me harm.

Nehemiah 6:4

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

Nehemiah 4:13

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.