Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.

For this matter

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done diligently and with enthusiasm for the house of the God of heaven, so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

It is like a man away on a journey, who when he left home put his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and also ordered the doorkeeper to be continually alert.

We also will

They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Consider this carefully, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be courageous and strong and do it.”

Be of good

Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.

and let us consider [thoughtfully] how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds,

So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.

General references

The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to move forward [toward the sea].

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”