| John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pągines
...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... | |
| 1825 - 428 pągines
...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... | |
| Robert Morrison - 1826 - 596 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 pągines
...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 - 440 pągines
...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 - 422 pągines
...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,"... | |
| 1827 - 392 pągines
...the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds." Seest thou a man diligent," or punctual " in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men."* And the voice of divine wisdom hath further said, " I love them that love me ; and those that seek... | |
| 1827 - 602 pągines
...for such u purpose is his duty. It is commanded in the word of God — " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." It is positively enjoined. The Apostle, alluding to some who had neglected this duty, says, " We command... | |
| Charles Brooks - 1828 - 424 pągines
...make me wholly thine. ' FEBRUARY 19. In all labour there is prefit. — Sees* thou a .man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. I SPEAK only of bodily labour. It is conducive to health. Indolence is the exuberant source of many... | |
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