 | Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 722 Seiten
...which the Prov. xxii. wise prince doth prompt us to mark ; Seest thou a man diligent in his business1? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men : that is, diligence, as it is the fairest, so it is the surest way to the best preferment : as it... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 Seiten
...in his work is brother to him that is a great waster." " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." Christ condemns sloth in his own service, as in the sentence of the wicked and slothful servant in... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 Seiten
...observation, which the wise prince doth prompt us to mark ; ' Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men :' that is, diligence, as it is the fairest, so it is the surest way to the best preferment : as it... | |
 | 1832 - 508 Seiten
...Trinity College, Cambridge, and Vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester. " Seest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." Mr. Robinson commenced his residence at Cambridge in Oct. 1768, and was soon regarded as a student... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 Seiten
...pleasure, and teach his senators wisdom. Ps. cv. 21, 22. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. I'f. xxii. 29. Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded... | |
 | Robert Sanderson - 1833 - 100 Seiten
...day long : but the righteous giveth, and spareth not." " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." " The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall cover a man with rags."... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - 1833 - 512 Seiten
...of diligence, and often put him in mind of these words: "Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." 1 He entered College at the age of twelve years. When the year arrived, in which he was to take his... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 Seiten
...dwelling of the wise ; but a foolish man spendeth it up. 38 Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. 39 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. 40 Wealth gotten by vanity... | |
 | George Miller - 1833 - 428 Seiten
...that honour or dignity predicted by Solomon, when he said, " Seest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." Yet I had, by that time, arrived at the honour of standing before, and intimately conversing and corresponding... | |
 | George Miller (of Dunbar) - 1833 - 422 Seiten
...that honour or dignity predicted by Solomon, when he said, " Seest thou a man diligent in business, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." Yet I had, by that time, arrived at the honour of standing before, and intimately conversing and corresponding... | |
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Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men... 
