Nehemiah 6:3
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3 so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”
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1 Timothy 4:15-16
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15 Give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress. 16 Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you.
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John 9:4
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4 We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us.[a] The night is coming, and then no one can work.
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- 9:4 Other manuscripts read I must quickly carry out the tasks assigned me by the one who sent me; still others read We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me.
Matthew 10:16
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16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
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Luke 14:30
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30 They would say, ‘There’s the person who started that building and couldn’t afford to finish it!’
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
New Living Translation
10 Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave,[a] there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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- 9:10 Hebrew to Sheol.
Proverbs 14:15
New Living Translation
15 Only simpletons believe everything they’re told!
The prudent carefully consider their steps.
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