Proverbs 22:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Do you see people who work skillfully? They will work for kings but not work for lowly people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ Have you seen a man swift in his work? He shall stand in the sight of kings, and not before those who are disreputable.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.

Proverbs 22:29 Cross References

Genesis 41:38

And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?

Genesis 41:46

And 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.

Genesis 47:6

the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

2 Samuel 2:32

And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron.

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labour of the house of Joseph.

1 Chronicles 4:23

These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

Proverbs 10:4

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Proverbs 23:1

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Daniel 1:19

And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.

Daniel 1:4

youths 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 to stand in the king's palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Matthew 25:21

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:23

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Romans 12:11

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

2 Timothy 4:2

preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

1 Samuel 16:21

And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

1 Samuel 17:31

And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.