Nehemiah 6:3

New English Translation

So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?”

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, “Come on! Let’s set up a time to meet together at Kephirim in the plain of Ono.” Now they intended to do me harm.

Nehemiah 6:4

They contacted me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time.

Proverbs 14:15

A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Luke 14:30

They will say, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

John 9:4

We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work.