Nehemiah 6:3

Tree of Life Version

So I sent messengers to them saying, “I am doing an important work, so I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”

Cross References

John 9:4

We must do the work of the One who sent Me, so long as it is day! Night is coming when no one can work.

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

Luke 14:30

saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish!’

Proverbs 14:15

The naïve believes every word, but the shrewd discerns his steps.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to do me harm.

Nehemiah 6:4

They sent me the same message four times, and each time I returned a similar response to them.

Nehemiah 4:13

Then I said to the nobles, the rulers and the rest of the people, “The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from one another on the wall.