...advantage, without a close and resolute application ; whereas the wisest of princes and of men has said, Seest thou a man diligent in his business ?...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,...

...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...

...knowledge, wealth, and respect. " The hand of the diligent shall bear rule."* " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men."f How often have we seen an individual rise from obscurity to affluence and notoriety, merely...

...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...

...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....

...? 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...

...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...

...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....

...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...

...reputation of real piety, and is not inconsistent with a gracious state.* " Seest. " thou a man diligent in his business? he "shall " stand before kings; he shall not stand before * It is of the greatest importance to know the religious uses of time ; the duty of consecrating to...