Proverbs 22:29

American King James Version (1999)

See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Matthew 25:21

His lord said to him, Well done, you good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter you into the joy of your lord.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 10:4

He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Matthew 25:23

His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter you into the joy of your lord.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go.

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.

Romans 12:11

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

1 Kings 10:8

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

2 Timothy 4:2

Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.

Genesis 47:6

The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land make your father and brothers to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if you know any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.

1 Samuel 16:21

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

Proverbs 23:1

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

Genesis 41:38

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

1 Samuel 17:31

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

2 Samuel 2:32

And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.

1 Chronicles 4:23

These were the potters, and those that dwelled among plants and hedges: there they dwelled with the king for his work.

Daniel 1:4

Children in whom was no blemish, but well favored, and skillful 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.

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.