...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...used often to repeat to him that saying of Solomon : " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ; he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men."* His excellent mother died, when her son was about fifteen years of age. She exhorted him, at the last,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...Industrious Tradesman': Joseph Symson of Kendal (1650-1731) Seest thou a Man diligent in his Business? He shall stand before Kings, he shall not stand before mean Men. The Letter Book This book's eponymous hero is an old man, who lived in a small town located on the...

...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...