Quotes About Progress

The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

So the workmen labored, and in their hands the repair work progressed. They restored the house of God according to its specifications, and they reinforced it.

In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the Kingís Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them.

After him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the angle and the corner,

So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,

A workerís appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith,

Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.