Haggai 1:2
"This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"
Numbers 13:31
But the men who went up with him said, "We aren't able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we."
Ezra 4:23-2
Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Nehemiah 4:10
Judah said, "The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall."
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 26:13-16
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
Proverbs 29:25
The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.
Song of Songs 5:2-3
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."