Nehemiah 6:3

New Living Translation

so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:13

So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.

Nehemiah 6:2

So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But I realized they were plotting to harm me,

Nehemiah 6:4

Four times they sent the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

Proverbs 14:15

Only simpletons believe everything they’re told! The prudent carefully consider their steps.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave, there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Matthew 10:16

“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.

Luke 14:30

They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’

John 9:4

We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work.