Haggai 1:2
These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.
Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
Ezra 4:23-2
Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.
Nehemiah 4:10
And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.
Proverbs 22:13
The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
Proverbs 26:13-16
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
Song of Songs 5:2-3
I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.