Haggai 1:2
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2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.”
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Nehemiah 4:10
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10 But Judah said, “The strength of the burden bearers is failing, and there is too much rubbish so that we are unable to work on the wall.”
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Ezra 4:23-5:2
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23 Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read before Rehum and the scribe Shimshai and their associates, they hurried to the Jews in Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease. 24 At that time the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped and was discontinued until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.
Restoration of the Temple Resumed
5 Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo[a] prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.(A) 2 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak set out to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem, and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.(B)
Footnotes
- 5.1 Gk: Aram adds the prophets
Ecclesiastes 11:4
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4 Whoever observes the wind will not sow,
and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.(A)
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Numbers 13:31
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31 Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against this people, for they are stronger than we.”(A)
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Proverbs 29:25
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- 29.25 Or human fear
Proverbs 26:13-16
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13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”(A)
14 As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a lazy person in bed.
15 The lazy person buries a hand in the dish
and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.(B)
16 The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem
than seven who can answer discreetly.
Proverbs 22:13
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13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”(A)
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