Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
28Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
Cross References
Genesis 41:46Now, Joseph, was thirty years old, when he took his station, before Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Joseph went forth from before Pharaoh, and passed along through all the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 17:31And the words which David spake were overheard,—and, when they told them before Saul, he summoned him.
1 Kings 10:8How happy, are thy wives, how happy, are these thy servants,—who do stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom!
1 Chronicles 4:23They, were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim, and Gederah,—with the king in his work, dwelt they there.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent, shall bear rule, but, the indolent, shall come under tribute.
Daniel 1:4youths in whom was no blemish, but comely of countenance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessed of knowledge, and able to impart instruction, and who had vigour in them, to stand in the palace of the king,—and that they should be taught 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 →