 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 210 страници
...tribute. "The soul of (lie diligent shall be made fat." " Seest thon a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." " Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit ' serving the Lord.'' " We hear that there are some which... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1839 - 204 страници
...gatheretk her food in the harvest. — Proverbs, vi. 6, 7, 8. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. — Proverbs, xxii. 29. Neither did ice (says St Paul) eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought... | |
 | Selig Newman - 1839 - 94 страници
...22: 4. By humility and the fear of the Lord, are riches, 14. of strange women 29. Seest thou, &c. ? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men 23: 1. what is before thee ; 5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? 29. babbling ? they... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 страници
...having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before...though I did not think, that I should ever literally aland before kings, which, however, has since happened ; for I have stood hefore five, and even had... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 страници
...among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, "Seest thou.-'a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before...and distinction, which encouraged me ; though . I iii'd not think, that I should ever literally stand before kings, which, however, has since happened;... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1840 - 456 страници
...abundant rewards. " The hand of the diligent maketh rich." "Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." The pleasure, the independence, and the power arising from knowledge, are the rewards of intellectual... | |
 | 1840 - 638 страници
...SPIRITUAL TRADESMAN AND THE HIGH HONOUES CONFERRED UPON HIM. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." — Prov. xxii. 29. OF all the subjects that can be laid before the church of God, that which debaseth... | |
 | 1840 - 254 страници
...of every one that is hasty, only to want. Prov. xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. Prov. xxviii. 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after... | |
 | Richard Allestree, Lady Dorothy Coventry Pakington - 1841 - 368 страници
...endeavour to climb. Solomon sets it down as an aphorism, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men" (Prov. xxii. 29). But whether it happen to have that effect or no, it will have a better ; for it will... | |
 | 1841 - 188 страници
...profit " which the industrious man reaps. Solompn says, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." In other words, he who is diligent in business will generally rise in the scale of society. Though... | |
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