Nehemiah 6:3

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

Proverbs 14:15

The naive believes everything,
But the sensible man considers his steps.

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 where you are going.

Matthew 10:16

Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent 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 who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.

1 Timothy 4:15-16

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, 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 believes everything,
But the sensible man considers his steps.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.

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 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 as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work.
1 Timothy 4:15
Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.