 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...resolute application ; whereas the wisest of princes and of men has said, Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men*. And it is evident, that a diligent prosecution of business keeps one out of the way of a thousand temptations,... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 pages
...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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Steele - 1807 - 238 pages
...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.... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...? 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... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 pages
...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 into more... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...thee? 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2 And... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 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... | |
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