THEOSISProverbs 22:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.
חָזִ֡יתָ אִ֤ישׁ ׀ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹ לִֽפְנֵֽי־מְלָכִ֥ים יִתְיַצָּ֑ב בַּל־יִ֝תְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵ֥י חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 25:21His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Prov 12:24The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful shall be under tribute.
- Prov 10:4The slothful hand hath wrought poverty: but the hand of the industrious getteth riches. He that trusteth to lies feedeth the winds: and the same runneth after birds, that fly away.
- Eccl 9:10Whatsoever thy hand is able to do, do it earnestly: for neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge shall be in hell, whither thou art hastening.
- Matt 25:23His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Gen 41:46(Now he was thirty years old when he stood before king Pharao), and he went round all the countries of Egypt.
- Rom 12:11In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.
- 2 Tim 4:2Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine.