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" Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men... "
The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His ... - Page 86
by Benjamin Franklin - 1855 - 375 pages
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The works of... P. Doddridge [ed. by E. Williams and E. Parsons ..., Volume 2

Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...application ; whereas the wisest of princes and of men has said, Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men*. And it is evident, that a diligent prosecution of business keeps one out of the way of a thousand temptations,...
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The Proper Names of the Bible, New Testament, and Apocrypha ... to which is ...

John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - Names in the Bible - 1804 - 190 pages
...: lest thou learn his mays, and get a snare to thy soul. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. Labour not to be rich : cease, from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...diligent in his business, a man that looks about him, is active and diligent in his oivnfiro/ier work, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean [men ;] he it likely to rise and be advanced in life. If we desire to stand before the King of kings, and...
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The Plain Teacher: Shewing the Advantage of Man's Prudent and Pious Conduct ...

Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1807 - 238 pages
...loveth wine and oil, shall not be rich, Prov. xxi. 17. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men, Prov. xxii. 29. " I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding....
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Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the ...

1807 - 570 pages
...the ancient land-mark, which thy fathers huve set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business ">. he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. TIT" HEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2...
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Sermons on various subjects, divine and moral: with a sacred hymn ..., Volume 2

Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 pages
...present that agrees with my present subject; Prov. xxii. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before Kings, he shall not stand before mean men: That is, " His good report and " his reputation shall grow and increase, that he shall " be brought...
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The Christian Institutes;: Or, The Sincere Word of God. Being a Plain and ...

Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...; but he that gaihereth by labour shall increase. (Zi) Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men.. (c) The hand of the diligent maketh rich ; but the soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing....
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany

1846 - 612 pages
...knighthood at Carlton house, from His Majesty George IV. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men " (Prov. xxii. 29.) The day after, he resigned his professorship of the Royal Institution, and on the...
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Ezra to Malachi

Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. CHAP. XXIII. WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee : 2 And...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...

Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 566 pages
...instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a Proverb of Solomon, " Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not...however has since happened; for I have stood before five, and evenhad the honor of sitting down with one, (the King of Denmark,) to dinner. We have an...
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