Proverbs 22:29
See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Cross References
Genesis 41:46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 17:31And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
1 Kings 10:8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom.
1 Chronicles 4:23These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Daniel 1:4Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach 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 →