Haggai 1:2
Thus speaketh the LORD of the hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, the time to build the house of the LORD.
Numbers 13:31
But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against that people, for they are stronger than we.
Ezra 4:23-2
Now when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai, the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews and made them to cease by force and power.
Nehemiah 4:10
And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish so that we are not able to build the wall.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 26:13-16
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man brings a snare, but whosoever puts his trust in the LORD shall be lifted up.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdom in Sheol, where thou goest.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He that observes the wind shall not sow, and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
Song of Songs 5:2-3
I sleep, but my heart watches for the voice of my beloved that knocks at the door, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.