Nehemiah 6:3

New International Reader's Version

So I sent messengers to them with my answer. I replied, “I’m working on a huge project. So I can’t get away. Why should the work stop while I leave it? Why should I go down and talk with you?”

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So I stationed some people behind the lowest parts of the wall. That’s where our enemies could easily attack us. I stationed the people family by family. They had their swords, spears and bows with them.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent me a message. They said, “Come. Let’s talk with one another. Let’s meet in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

Nehemiah 6:4

They sent me the same message four times. And I gave them the same answer each time.

Proverbs 14:15

A childish person believes anything. But a wise person thinks about how they live.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

No matter what you do, work at it with all your might. Remember, you are going to the place of the dead. And there isn’t any work or planning or knowledge or wisdom there.

Matthew 10:16

“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes and as harmless as doves.

Luke 14:30

They will say, ‘This person started to build but wasn’t able to finish.’

John 9:4

While it is still day, we must do the works of the one who sent me. Night is coming. Then no one can work.