Proverbs 22:29

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:4 : 4 An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche.
  • Gen 41:46 : 46 (And he was thirtie yere olde when he stoode before Pharao king of Egypt) And Ioseph departyng from the presence of Pharao, went throughout all the lande of Egypt.
  • 1 Kgs 10:8 : 8 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruauntes whiche stand euer before thee, and heare thy wysdome.
  • 1 Kgs 11:28 : 28 And this felowe Ieroboam was a man of strength & courage: And Solomon sawe the young man that he was able to do the worke, he made him ruler ouer all the charge of the house of Ioseph.
  • Prov 12:24 : 24 A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Not lither in businesse, feruent in spirite, seruyng the Lorde,
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preache the worde, be instant in season, out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine.

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    6Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

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    23Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    19He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread: but he that foloweth idle persons, shall haue pouertie inough.

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    24A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.

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  • Prov 29:19-21
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    19A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.

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    27The deciptfull man shall not coste that he toke in huntyng: but the riches of the iust man is of great value.

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    2Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same.

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    7He shal not turne his eyes away from the righteous, but as kinges shal they be in their throne, he shal stablish them for euer, and they shalbe exalted.

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    8If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.

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  • Job 36:24-25
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    24Remember that thou do magnifie his worke which men do praise,

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  • Prov 21:22
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    22A wyse man skaleth the citie of the mightie, & ouerthroweth the strength wherein they trusted.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.

  • Job 34:19
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    19God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

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    27Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.

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    21My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe from his feare:

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    7I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.

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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

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    8Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruauntes whiche stand euer before thee, and heare thy wysdome.

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    12A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.

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