 | 1839 - 498 pages
...man. To Joseph the words of Scripture were eminently applicable : " Sees! thou a man diligent in his business ! he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." In this subject, however, there is a distinction which ought carefully to be mide, and that is, between... | |
 | Thomas Shillitoe - Hicksites - 1839 - 452 pages
...not be innocent." — PROVERBS, xxviii. 20. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, [his Lord's business,] he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men [only]." — PROVERBS, xxii. 29. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL I. LONDON: HARVEY AND DARTON, GRACECHURCH-STHEET.... | |
 | Selig Newman - Bible - 1839 - 94 pages
...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 - Statesmen - 1839 - 96 pages
...WRITINGS OF BENJAMINFRANKLIN GREATLY EXTENDED AND IMPROVED. SKEST THOU A MAN DILIGENT IN HIS CALLING, HE SHALL STAND BEFORE KINGS, HE SHALL NOT STAND BEFORE MEAN MEN.— —PROVERBS OY SOLOMON. EDINBURGH: PUBLISHED BY- WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS; AND WS ORR AND COMPANY,... | |
 | Thomas Shillitoe - Quakers - 1839 - 466 pages
...innocent." — PROVERBS, xxviii. 20. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, [his Lnrd'i kutinea,] he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men [on/v]-" — PROVERBS, xxii. 29. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HARVEY AND DART () X, GKACKCHUKCH-STRKKT.... | |
 | Francis Wayland - Economics - 1840 - 456 pages
...rich and 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... | |
 | Christian life - 1840 - 638 pages
...THE 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... | |
 | Bible - 1840 - 254 pages
...plenteousness; but 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... | |
 | Beaumont Square Chapel, Mile End (LONDON), John Thomas Barber Beaumont - 1840 - 204 pages
...slothful killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labour.—XXII., 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men.—XXIII., 12. Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. —XXIV.,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 668 pages
...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," I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me ;... | |
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