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 Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
Cross References
Genesis 41:46(Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao), and he went round all the countries 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. Plantations and Hedges... These are the proper names of the places where they dwelt. In Hebrew Atharim and Gadira.
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 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 →