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Neh 6:3 — And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I [am] doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

And I sent		Pro 14:15; Mat 10:16
I am doing		Ecc 9:10; Luk 14:30; Jhn 9:4; 1Ti 4:15,16

Correlating Passages

And I sent

	Pro 14:15	The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.
	Mat 10:16	Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

I am doing

	Ecc 9:10	Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
	Luk 14:30	Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
	Jhn 9:4	I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
	1Ti 4:15	Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
	1Ti 4:16	Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 6:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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