| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1839 - 204 Seiten
...gatheretk her food in the harvest. — Proverbs, vi. 6, 7, 8. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. — Proverbs, xxii. 29. Neither did ice (says St Paul) eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought... | |
| 1839 - 498 Seiten
...Joseph the words of Scripture were eminently applicable : " Sees! thou a man diligent in his business ! he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." In this subject, however, there is a distinction which ought carefully to be mide, and that is, between... | |
| Selig Newman - 1839 - 94 Seiten
...22: 4. By humility and the fear of the Lord, are riches, 14. of strange women 29. Seest thou, &c. ? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men 23: 1. what is before thee ; 5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? 29. babbling ? they... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1839 - 322 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,... | |
| Thomas Shillitoe - 1839 - 452 Seiten
...innocent." — PROVERBS, xxviii. 20. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, [his Lord's business,] he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men [only]." — PROVERBS, xxii. 29. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL I. LONDON: HARVEY AND DARTON, GRACECHURCH-STHEET.... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 668 Seiten
...established in the place before me. My circumstances however grew daily easier. My original habits of frugality continuing, and my father having, among...boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, "Seest thou.-'a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men,"... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 664 Seiten
...established in the place before me. My circumstances however grew daily easier. My original habits of frugality continuing, and my father having, among...when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, i * "Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before... | |
| Francis Wayland - 1840 - 456 Seiten
...abundant rewards. " The hand of the diligent maketh rich." "Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." The pleasure, the independence, and the power arising from knowledge, are the rewards of intellectual... | |
| 1840 - 638 Seiten
...SPIRITUAL TRADESMAN AND THE HIGH HONOUES CONFERRED UPON HIM. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." — Prov. xxii. 29. OF all the subjects that can be laid before the church of God, that which debaseth... | |
| 1840 - 254 Seiten
...of every one that is hasty, only to want. Prov. xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. Prov. xxviii. 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after... | |
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