 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 strani
...whereas the wisest of princes and of men has said, Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? fie shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before...leading a man into numberless instances of vice and folly, because he has nothing else to dof. A prudent and religious parent will therefore be concerned,... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 strani
...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... | |
 | 530 strani
...knowledge, 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 - 1805 - 476 strani
...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... | |
 | 1807 - 570 strani
...? 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... | |
 | Richard Steele - 1807 - 238 strani
...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.... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 strani
...but 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 - 1812 - 378 strani
...shall be 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.... | |
 | 1842 - 612 strani
...gathered from his status in society. He was governor of Ahab's house — " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men" — literally, the "obscure" — persons of no note, of no standing, of no splendour or account in... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 strani
...reputation of real piety, and is not inconsistent with a gracious state.* " Seest. " thou a man diligent in his business? he "shall " stand before kings; he shall not stand before * It is of the greatest importance to know the religious uses of time ; the duty of consecrating to... | |
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Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men... 
