Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
28Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set.
Cross References
Genesis 41:46(And he was thirtie yere olde when he stoode before Pharao king of Egypt) And Ioseph departyng from the presence of Pharao, went throughout all the lande of Egypt.
Proverbs 12:24A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.
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 →