Proverbs 22:29
Know/Learn [RHQ] this about those who do their work very skillfully: They will quit working for ordinary people and will start working for kings because the kings will want people like that to work for them.
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Genesis 41:46Joseph was 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt.
1 Samuel 17:31Finally, someone told king Saul what David had asked, and Saul sent someone to bring David to him.
1 Kings 10:8Your wives are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
1 Chronicles 4:23They made pottery for the king; some of them lived in Netaim town and some of them lived in Gederah town.
Proverbs 12:24Those [SYN] who work hard become rulers of others; those who are lazy become slaves of others.
Daniel 1:4King Nebuchadnezzar wanted only men who were very healthy, handsome/good-looking, wise, well-educated, capable of learning many things, and suitable for working in the palace. He also wanted to teach them the Babylonian language and have them read things that had been written in the Babylonian language.
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 →