Nehemiah 6:3
And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down. Why should the work cease, whilst I leave it and come down to you?
Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man heedeth his going.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.
Luke 14:30
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?
John 9:4
I must work the works of him that has sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
1 Timothy 4:15-16
Occupy thyself with these things; be wholly in them, that thy progress may be manifest to all.