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 devises his way: but the LORD directs 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 activities 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 walks to direct his steps.
Verš 2
"All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weights the spirits. "
Prís 21:2 - Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD ponders the hearts.
Verš 3
Commit your works unto the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.
Ž 37:5 - "Commit your way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. "
Ž 55:22 - Cast your burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Mt 6:25 - "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what all of you shall eat, or what all of you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what all of you shall put on. Is not the life more than food, 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 all of you shall eat; neither for the body, what all of you shall put on. "
1Pt 5:7 - "Casting all your care upon him; for he cares for you. "
Verš 4
The LORD has 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 perverse 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 has 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 all of you have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Dt 25:13 - You shall not have in your 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 provokes him to anger sins 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 got 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 your 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 goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Prís 11:2 - When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Prís 17:19 - He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
Verš 20
He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusts in the LORD, happy is he.
Ž 2:12 - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and all of you 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 trusts in him.
Ž 125:1 - They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abides 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 trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Verš 22
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has 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 seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Prís 14:12 - There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Verš 27
An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Prís 12:18 - There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Verš 28
A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Prís 15:18 - A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases 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 stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
Verš 30
He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
Prís 6:13 - "He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches 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).
