Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man that is diligent in his work? before kings may he place himself: let him not place himself before obscure men.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have established.
Cross References
Genesis 41:46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 17:31And the words which David had spoken were heard, and they told them in the presence of Saul, who sent for him.
1 Kings 10:8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom.
1 Chronicles 4:23There were the potters, and those that dwelt in plantations and sheepfolds: for the king's sake to do his work they dwelt there.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent will bear rule; but the indolent must become tributary.
Daniel 1:4[Certain] lads in whom there should be no kind of blemish, but who should be handsome in appearance, and intelligent in all wisdom, and acquainted with knowledge, and understanding science, and such as should have the ability to serve in the king's palace, and that these should be taught the learning and the language 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 →