Haggai 1:2
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD."
Numbers 13:31
Then 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 are."
Ezra 4:23-2
Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.
Nehemiah 4:10
In Judah it was said,"The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall."
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 26:13-16
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is safe.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.
Song of Songs 5:2-3
I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."