 | 1824 - 706 pages
...children a chapter in Proverbs, wherein was the following verse : — " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." The children heard, remembered, and pondered upon the sacred truths of Revelation. By and by, the old... | |
 | 1825 - 428 pages
...Birkbcck. VOL.I.— No. 4.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1825. [Price g 4 PER ANN\ " Seest theu a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before Kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." — Prov. xxii. 9. YETTS' PATENT APPARATUS FOR SECURING SHIPS' WINDLASSES. SIR, — Allow me tooft'eryou... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...velocem in opere suo ; corani regibus stabit, nee erit inter ignobiles" (Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men). Here is observed, that of all virtues for rising to honour quickness of dispatch is the best; for superiors... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pages
...a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich;" Prov. x. 4. " 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... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster, xviii. 9. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean mm, xxii. 19. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding... | |
 | Robert Morrison - 1826 - 596 pages
...effects of diligence and prudence are strongly expressed in these words, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." The proof of this is every day seen, in the respectability to which well-principled, industrious men... | |
 | Elijah Parish - 1826 - 468 pages
...might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. 242 PROVERBS xxii, 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. ACTION is every-where manifest. The sun is turning on his axis ; the stars are moving in their courses... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1826 - 508 pages
...quiet and industrious are seldom wholly disappointed in their pursuit. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. The wise man's rule however is not to be taken without proper limitations. No labour can be profitable... | |
 | 1826 - 422 pages
...on what his father used to impress upon him in youth— "Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," — he lived in his advanced age to realize this proverb in a remarkable manner. " I did not think,"... | |
 | 1826 - 440 pages
...on what his father used to impress upon him in youth— "Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," — he lived in his advanced age to realize this proverb in a remarkable manner. " I did not think,"... | |
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