...wisdom from above, that' drowsiness will clothe a man with rags : But seest thou a man diligent in his business : He shall stand before kings : he shall not stand before mean men.' Lastly, ILL COMPANY, is a fatal danger, which thou must decline, as thou wouldest diseases and death....

...their own bread. If any man will not woi-k, neither should be eat." " Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men." " Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord lo." Contentment. " Give me neither...

...celebrated Dr. Franklin, who, in illustration of Solomon's remark — " Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean * Vide A Cap of Grey Hairs for a Green Head, p. 89. men," — ascribes his success to his indefatigable...

...this virtue ? Let the answer be given in the language of Scripture. " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. In all labour there is profit, and be that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread. In the morning...

...rich and 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...

...lesson of diligence, and often put him in mind of these words : " Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." (Remarkables of Dr. I. Mather, p. 1-5.) " He entered Harvard college at the age of twelve years. When...

...be diminished ; but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. 7 Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. 8 The hand of the diligent maketh rich ; but the soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing. 9...

...Remove not the ancient s landmark, which thy fathers have let. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his lace which he shall choose ; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feas •>;> When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, At* Consider diligently what it before thee : 2 And put...

...help mold the destiny of a new nation, or as one likely to stand before kings. But is it not written, "Seest thou a man diligent in business? he shall stand before kings" ? Early accustomed to habits of strict frugality, Franklin also imbibed those peculiar notions which...

...passage from 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,...