Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. A young man in a leather store used to feel very impatient with his employer for keeping him year after year, for three years, handling hides. But he saw the use of it in his future career, when, in an establishment of his own, he was able to tell by the touch the exact quality of the goods. It was only by the thousands of repetitions that the lesson was learned; and so it is with everything in which we acquire skill. The half-informed, half-skilled in every business outnumber the others, dozens to one. Daniel Webster once replied to a young man who asked him if there was "any room in the legal profession," "There is always room at the top." The better you know your business the more you are likely to rise. You can gather much information by making a wise use of your eyes and ears, and perhaps be able to surprise your employer in an emergency by stepping into the "next man's" place and discharging his duties satisfactorily. So, learn your business, and you will find there is "room at the top." (Home Words.) Parallel Verses KJV: The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.WEB: The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor. |
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