Verš 1
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Prís 16:9 - A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Prís 19:21 - There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Prís 20:24 - Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Jer 10:23 - O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Verš 2
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Prís 21:2 - Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Verš 3
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Ž 37:5 - Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Ž 55:22 - Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Mt 6:25 - Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Lk 12:22 - And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
1Pt 5:7 - Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Verš 4
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Jób 21:30 - That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Verš 5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Prís 6:17 - A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Prís 8:13 - The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Prís 11:21 - Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Verš 8
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Ž 37:16 - A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Prís 15:16 - Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Verš 11
A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Lv 19:36 - Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Dt 25:13 - Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Prís 11:1 - A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Prís 20:10 - Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Prís 20:23 - Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Verš 14
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Prís 19:12 - The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Prís 20:2 - The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Verš 15
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Prís 19:12 - The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Verš 16
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Jób 28:15 - It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Ž 19:10 - More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Ž 119:72 - The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Prís 3:14 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Prís 8:11 - For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Prís 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Verš 18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Prís 11:2 - When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Prís 17:19 - He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Verš 20
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
Ž 2:12 - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Ž 34:8 - O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Ž 125:1 - They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Iz 30:18 - And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Jer 17:7 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Verš 22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Prís 13:14 - The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Verš 25
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Prís 14:12 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Verš 27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Prís 12:18 - There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Verš 28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Prís 15:18 - A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Prís 26:21 - As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Prís 29:22 - An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
Verš 30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
Prís 6:13 - He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Pris 16,1 - Človek mieni, Pán Boh mení. Porov. 16,9.
Pris 16,2 - Porov. Ž 7,10.
Pris 16,10 - Kráľ, keď súdi, zastupuje Boha, najvyššieho Sudcu (porov. 1 Kr 3,28).
Pris 16,11 - Obchod je tiež pod zákonom Božím. – V dávnoveku sa vážilo kamenčekmi, ktoré nosievali predavači – kupci v mešci za pásom.
Pris 16,14 - Porov. 1 Kr 2,22–46.
Pris 16,15 - Neskorý dážď v Palestíne v marci – apríli je veľmi dôležitý, lebo zaisťuje radostnú a hojnú žatvu. Bez neho by bola neúroda a hlad. Práve taká výdatná a nevyhnutná je aj milosť kráľova.
Pris 16,29 - Bezbožný by rád našiel spoločníka pre svoj hriešny zámer (porov. 1,10–19).
Pris 16,33 - Na prsiach bol náber na rúchu, čo slúžil ako vrecko na trasenie žrebu (lósu). Rozhodnutie žrebom bolo pokladané za súd Boží (porov. 18,18).
