 | 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... | |
 | 1840 - 638 pages
...1841. 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... | |
 | Beaumont Square Chapel, Mile End (LONDON), John Thomas Barber Beaumont - 1840 - 204 pages
...the 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 - 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 ;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 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? I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me; though... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pages
...debts. 27. Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set. 28. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. LESSON LXXIII. A Mother's Influence. .«*• 1. "I WAS a dull boy," said Judge B , in answer to some... | |
 | Richard Allestree, Lady Dorothy Coventry Pakington - 1841 - 368 pages
...ambitious men 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 pages
...not the only " 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... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...saith, There is a lion without ; I shall be slain in the streets, &c. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. — Prov. xxii. 13. 29; xxvi. 13. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. — Prov. xxiii. 21. I went... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...they wrong or injure in their projected removal of ancient landmarks. " Si-est thou u man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings: he shall not stand before mean men." Would we then stand in n favourable light before the King of kings ? Let us endeavour to be " not slothful... | |
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