Nehemiah 6:3

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave to come down to [meet with] you?”

Proverbs 14:15


The naive or inexperienced person [is easily misled and] believes every word he hears,
But the prudent man [is discreet and astute and] considers well where he is going.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.

Matthew 10:16

“Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

Luke 14:30

saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

John 9:4

We must work 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 and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will 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 naive or inexperienced person [is easily misled and] believes every word he hears,
But the prudent man [is discreet and astute and] considers well where he is going.
Matthew 10:16
“Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].

I am doing

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) where you are going.
Luke 14:30
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
John 9:4
We must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
1 Timothy 4:15
Practice and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all.