Nehemiah 6:3

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”

Proverbs 14:15

The inexperienced one believes anything,
but the sensible one watches his steps.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Matthew 10:16

“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

Luke 14:30

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

John 9:4

We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.

1 Timothy 4:15-16

Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

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Summary

And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Bible References

And i sent

Proverbs 14:15
The inexperienced one believes anything,
but the sensible one watches his steps.
Matthew 10:16
“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.

I am doing

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
Luke 14:30
saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
John 9:4
We must do the works of Him who sent Me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.
1 Timothy 4:15
Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

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