Proverbs 22:29
Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
28Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
Cross References
Genesis 41:46And Joseph [is] a son of thirty years in his standing before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and Joseph goeth out from the presence of Pharaoh, and passeth over through all the land of Egypt;
1 Samuel 17:31And the words which David hath spoken are heard, and they declare before Saul, and he receiveth him;
1 Kings 10:8O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants — these — who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!
1 Chronicles 4:23They [are] the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.
Proverbs 12:24The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
Daniel 1:4lads in whom there is no blemish, and of good appearance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and teaching thought, and who have ability to stand in the palace of the king, and to teach them the literature and 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 →