 | George Merriam - 1841 - 308 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1841 - 188 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1843 - 348 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 688 Seiten
...having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, " Seest Ihou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," I thence considered industry as a means of obtaining wealth and distinction, which encouraged me; though... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1844 - 608 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Kennedy Talmage - 1844 - 28 Seiten
...— 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... | |
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