Proverbs 22:29
Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
Cross References
Genesis 41:46And he turned his name, and called him in the Eyyptian tounge, The saviour of the world. And he gave him to wife Asenth the daughter of Putiphare priest of Heliopolis. Then Joseph went out to the land of Egypt:
1 Samuel 17:31And the words which David spoke were heard, and were rehearsed before Saul.
1 Kings 10:8Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.
1 Chronicles 4:23These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful, shall be under tribute.
Daniel 1:4Children in whom there was no blemish, well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, acute in knowledge, and instructed in science, and such as might stand in the king's palace, that he might teach them the learning, and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:29
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 1. We are here taught not to invade another man's right, though we can find ways of doing it ever so secretly and plausibly, clandestinely and by fraud, without any open force. Let not property in general be entrenched upon, by robbing men of their liberties and privileges, or of any just ways of maintaining them. Let not the property of particular persons be encroached upon. The land-marks, or meer-stones, are standing witnesses to every man's right;… Read the whole commentary →