| Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 Seiten
...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... | |
| Henry Ward Beecher - 1845 - 268 Seiten
...be rebuked in vain by the spider, the ant, and the bee. Seesf thou a man diligent in his bus-ittess, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. LECTURE II. Providing for litmnst things, not only in the sight »f the Lord, but al«o in the sight... | |
| 1845 - 702 Seiten
...not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he poor, when he draweth him into h is net. 10 He croucheth, and CHAPTER XXIII. \S/"HEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, con" sidei diligently what is before thee... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1845 - 276 Seiten
...Proverbs, which his father had taught him, when a boy; "Seest thou a man diligent in his business'! He shall stand before kings, — he shall not stand before mean men." When disagreement commenced between Great Britain and her colonies, he, being in the mothercountry,... | |
| William Morrison Engles - 1845 - 204 Seiten
...restored to my forfeited honours and possessions. INDUSTRY. SEEST thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for... | |
| Dagobert D. Runes - 2001 - 308 Seiten
...Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set, Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - 2002 - 680 Seiten
...father having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," I from thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encourag'd... | |
| John Phillips - 2002 - 648 Seiten
...taxed even his wisdom. b. Those He Should Receive (22:29) "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." Abraham Lincoln stood before kings and we can never learn enough about him. He was born in 1809 in... | |
| Kevin B. MacDonald - 2002 - 599 Seiten
...Business, not military skill, is the route to influence: "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men" (Prov. 22:29). Neusner (1987, 162-163) finds that the affective program of the rabbis during the classical... | |
| Kermit F. Franklin - 2002 - 122 Seiten
...given us. We can expect nothing unless we are diligent. "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men," (Proverbs 22:29) "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must... | |
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