3 I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I can’t come down. Why should the work cease, while I leave it, and come down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:3 Cross References - WEB
Proverbs 14:15
15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
Matthew 10:16
16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Luke 14:30
30 saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’
John 9:4
4 I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.