 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 páginas
...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 Bentley Fowle - 1843 - 314 páginas
...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. it... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1843 - 348 páginas
...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... | |
 | Samuel Kennedy Talmage - 1844 - 28 páginas
...— 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... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1844 - 608 páginas
...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... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 páginas
...the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Pr. 22. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. Ec. 5. 12. The sleep of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much. Ep. 4. 28. Let him... | |
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