Verse 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?"

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• 1 Tim 4:15-16 : 15 Be diligent in these things. Give yourself wholly to them, that your progress may be revealed to all. 16 Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
• Prov 14:15 : 15 A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of 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.'