Nehemiah 6:3

Good News Translation

I sent messengers to say to them, “I am doing important work and can't go down there. I am not going to let the work stop just to go and see you.”

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So I armed the people with swords, spears, and bows, and stationed them by clans behind the wall, wherever it was still unfinished.

Nehemiah 6:2

So Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message, suggesting that I meet with them in one of the villages in the Plain of Ono. This was a trick of theirs to try to harm me.

Nehemiah 6:4

They sent me the same message four times, and each time I sent them the same reply.

Proverbs 14:15

A fool will believe anything; smart people watch their step.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you out just like sheep to a pack of wolves. You must be as cautious as snakes and as gentle as doves.

Luke 14:30

‘You began to build but can't finish the job!’ they will say.

John 9:4

As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work.