Nehemiah 6:3
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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 to come down to you?”
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John 9:4
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4 We[a] must work the works of him who sent me[b] while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.(A)
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1 Timothy 4:15-16
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15 Put these things into practice, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress. 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.(A)
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Matthew 10:16
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Coming Persecutions
16 “I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.(A)
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Luke 14:30
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30 saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’
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Proverbs 14:15
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15 The simple believe everything,
but the clever consider their steps.
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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