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Proverbs 22:29 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 22 · verse 29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.Proverbs 22:29 · King James Version
Proverbs 22:29 in context
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Kings 11:28
- Matthew 25:21
- Proverbs 12:24
- Matthew 25:23
- Proverbs 10:4
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
- Genesis 41:46
- Romans 12:11
Key words (Strong's)
- diligentmâhîyrquickH4106 →
- businessmᵉlâʼkâhproperly, deputyshipH4399 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- Seestchâzâhto gaze atH2372 →
- standyâtsabto placeH3320 →
- kingsmeleka kingH4428 →
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Here is, 1. A plain intimation what a hard thing it is to find a truly ingenious industrious man: "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? Thou wilt not see many such, so epidemical are dulness and slothfulness." He is here commended who lays out himself to get business, though it be but in a very low and narrow…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary