Haggai 1:2
The Lord who rules over all says this: "These people have said, 'The time for rebuilding the Lord's temple has not yet come.'"
Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!"
Ezra 4:23-2
Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force.
Nehemiah 4:10
Then those in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall."
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"
Proverbs 26:13-16
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.
Song of Songs 5:2-3
The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."