Nehemiah 6:3
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?
Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it 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 forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
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 that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
1 Timothy 4:15-16
Be diligent in these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy progress may be manifest unto all.