Nehemiah 6:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So I sent messengers to them with this answer: “I am doing important work, so I cannot come down. I don’t want the work to stop just so I can come down and meet with you.”

Cross References

John 9:4

While it is daytime, we must continue doing the work of the one who sent me. The night is coming, and no one can work at night.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen! I am sending you, and you will be like sheep among wolves. So be smart like snakes. But also be like doves and don’t hurt anyone.

Luke 14:30

They would say, ‘This man began to build, but he was not able to finish.’

Proverbs 14:15

Fools believe every word they hear, but wise people think carefully about everything.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to the place of death.

Nehemiah 6:2

So Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, Nehemiah, let’s meet together. We can meet in the town of Kephirim on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to hurt me.

Nehemiah 6:4

Sanballat and Geshem sent the same message to me four times, and I sent the same answer back to them each time.

Nehemiah 4:13

So I put some of the people behind the lowest places along the wall, and I put them by the holes in the wall. I put families together, with their swords, spears, and bows.