 | 1841 - 188 sidor
...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... | |
 | Richard Allestree, Lady Dorothy Coventry Pakington - 1841 - 368 sidor
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 194 sidor
...He often thought of the proverb of Solomon, which his father had impressed on him while a boy — " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ? he shall...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." Industry appeared a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, and the thought encouraged him to new... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 sidor
...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... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 sidor
...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... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1843 - 348 sidor
...but of every one that is hasty, only to want. xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. xxxi. 27. A good wife eateth not the bread of idleness. Eccl. v. 12. The sleep of a labouring man is... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 sidor
...There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings ; He shall not stand before mean men. I went by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, And, lo.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 688 sidor
...having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest Ihou 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... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1844 - 608 sidor
...And hereby he is established, and the saying is true, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men 2." But haply it may be said, their's is a debased and lowly condition, who go forth " to their work... | |
 | Samuel Kennedy Talmage - 1844 - 28 sidor
...— or by the higher authority of Heaven's inspired record: " Seest thou a man diligent in business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." In Poetry — to pass by HOMER and HESIOD — where else can you find the deep breathing pathos of... | |
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