 | Selig Newman - 1839 - 94 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1840 - 456 pàgines
...industry, 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... | |
 | 1840 - 254 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 674 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 pàgines
...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 ;... | |
 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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... | |
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