Nehemiah 4:10

And Judah said, The strength of the carriers of burdens is weakening, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.

Numbers 13:31

But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

Numbers 32:9

For when they went up into the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they broke the hearts of the sons of Israel, so that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them.

2 Chronicles 2:18

And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people to work.

Psalm 11:1-2

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I put my trust in Jehovah; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to the mountains;

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled. Yet neither he nor his army had any pay for Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

Haggai 1:2

So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people says, The time has not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.

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Summary

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.

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Bible References

The strength

Numbers 13:31
But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
Numbers 32:9
For when they went up into the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they broke the hearts of the sons of Israel, so that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them.
Psalm 11:1
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I put my trust in Jehovah; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to the mountains;
Haggai 1:2
So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people says, The time has not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.

Bearers

2 Chronicles 2:18
And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people to work.
Ezekiel 29:18
Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled. Yet neither he nor his army had any pay for Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

General references

Psalm 102:14
For Your servants take pleasure in its stones, and pity its dust.