| 1824 - 706 trang
...habit of reading to his children a chapter in Proverbs, wherein was the following verse : — " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand...before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." The children heard, remembered, and pondered upon the sacred truths of Revelation. By and by, the old... | |
| John McDowell - 1825 - 560 trang
...poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich;" Prov. x. 4. " 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... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 trang
...unthankfulness. " Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo ; corani regibus stabit, nee erit inter ignobiles" (Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand...before kings; he shall not stand before mean men). Here is observed, that of all virtues for rising to honour quickness of dispatch is the best; for superiors... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 trang
...ziii. 4. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster, xviii. 9. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean mm, xxii. 19. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding... | |
| 1825 - 428 trang
...Birkbcck. VOL.I.— No. 4.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1825. [Price g 4 PER ANN\ " Seest theu a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before Kings ; he shall not stand before mean men." — Prov. xxii. 9. YETTS' PATENT APPARATUS FOR SECURING SHIPS' WINDLASSES. SIR, — Allow me tooft'eryou... | |
| Elijah Parish - 1826 - 468 trang
...thine affairs ; not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. 242 PROVERBS xxii, 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand...before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. ACTION is every-where manifest. The sun is turning on his axis ; the stars are moving in their courses... | |
| Robert Morrison - 1826 - 596 trang
...unemployed. K2 The happy effects of diligence and prudence are strongly expressed in these words, " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." The proof of this is every day seen, m the respectability to which well-principled, industrious men... | |
| Thomas Belsham - 1826 - 508 trang
...chance of success; but the quiet and industrious are seldom wholly disappointed in their pursuit. Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand...before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. The wise man's rule however is not to be taken without proper limitations. No labour can be profitable... | |
| 1826 - 440 trang
...on what his father used to impress upon him in youth— "Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," — he lived in his advanced age to realize this proverb in a remarkable manner. " I did not think,"... | |
| 1826 - 422 trang
...on what his father used to impress upon him in youth— "Seest thou a man diligent in his calling ; he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men," — he lived in his advanced age to realize this proverb in a remarkable manner. " I did not think,"... | |
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