 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...resolute application ; whereas the wisest of princes and of men has said, Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men*. And it is evident, that a diligent prosecution of business keeps one out of the way of a thousand temptations,... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - Names in the Bible - 1804 - 190 pages
...shalt not.g'o : lest thou learn his mays, and get a snare to thy soul. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. Labour not to be rich : cease, from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not... | |
 | Children - 530 pages
...wealth, and respect. " The hand of the diligent shall bear rule."* " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men."f How often have we seen an individual rise from obscurity to affluence and notoriety, merely... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...diligent in his business, a man that looks about him, is active and diligent in his oivnfiro/ier work, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean [men ;] he it likely to rise and be advanced in life. If we desire to stand before the King of kings, and... | |
 | Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1807 - 238 pages
...man- He that loveth wine and oil, shall not be rich, Prov. xxi. 17. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men, Prov. xxii. 29. " I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...28 Remove not the ancient land-mark, which thy fathers huve set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business ">. he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. TIT" HEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 pages
...one at present that agrees with my present subject; Prov. xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before Kings, he shall not stand before mean men: That is, " His good report and " his reputation shall grow and increase, that he shall " be brought... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...diminished ; but he that gaihereth by labour shall increase. (Zi) Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men.. (c) The hand of the diligent maketh rich ; but the soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing.... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2 And... | |
 | 1818 - 486 pages
...me when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men s" I thence considered industry as a mean of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me... | |
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