Verš 1
A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold.
Kaz 7:1 - Why is it necessary for a man to seek things that are greater than himself, when he does not know what is advantageous for himself in his life, during the number of the days of his sojourn, and while time passes by like a shadow? Or who will be able to tell him what will be in the future after him under the sun?
Verš 2
The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both.
Prís 29:13 - The pauper and the creditor have met one another. The Lord is the illuminator of them both.
Verš 3
The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage.
Prís 27:12 - The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
Verš 8
Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
Jób 4:8 - In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,
Oz 10:13 - You have ploughed impiety; you have harvested iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies. For you had confidence in your ways, in the multitude of your good fortunes.
Verš 9
Whoever is inclined to mercy shall be blessed, for from his bread he has given to the poor. Whoever gives gifts will acquire victory and honor. But he carries away the soul of the receiver.
2Kor 9:6 - But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:
Verš 11
Whoever loves cleanness of heart, because of the grace of his lips, will have the king as his friend.
Ž 101:6 - Before the voice of my groaning, my bone has adhered to my flesh.
Verš 13
The lazy one says: “There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets.”
Prís 26:13 - The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
Verš 14
The mouth of a foreign woman is a deep pit; the Lord was angry with him who will fall into it.
Prís 2:16 - So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,
Prís 5:3 - For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping 346 honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.
Prís 7:5 - So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
Prís 23:27 - For a loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.
Verš 15
Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
Prís 13:24 - He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.
Prís 19:18 - Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.
Prís 23:14 - You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.
Prís 29:15 - The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will brings shame to his mother.
Prís 29:17 - Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.
Verš 16
Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.
Prís 14:31 - Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.
Prís 17:5 - Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.
Verš 22
Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.
Za 7:10 - And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.
Ex 23:6 - You shall not deviate in judgment of the poor.
Jób 31:13 - If I have despised being subject to judgment with my servant or my maid, when they had any complaint against me,
Ž 82:3 - For behold, your enemies have sounded off, and those who hate you have carried out a head.
Verš 23
For the Lord will judge his case, and he will pierce those who have pierced his soul.
Ex 22:22 - You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.
Ž 10:18 -
Verš 26
Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
Prís 6:1 - My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider,
Prís 11:15 - He will be afflicted with evil, who provides a guarantee for an outsider. But whoever is wary of traps shall be secure.
Verš 27
For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?
Prís 20:16 - Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.
Verš 28
Do not cross beyond the ancient limits that your fathers have set.
Dt 19:14 - You shall not take up or move the landmark of your neighbor, which those before you have placed, in your possession that the Lord your God will give to you, in the land you will receive to possess.
Dt 27:17 - Cursed be he who removes his neighbor’s landmarks. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Prís 23:10 - Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless.
Pris 22,2 - Na svete je majetková nerovnakosť danou skutočnosťou (porov. Mt 26,11). Pred Bohom sú však všetci ľudia rovnakí a ten istý Boh žiada, aby jedni pomáhali druhým (porov. 14,31; 17,5; Jób 34,19).
Pris 22,8 - Druhý polverš nie je presne zachovaný. Jeho zmysel je však tento: Bezbožníka neminie trest; prút, čo chystal na blížneho, bude šibať jeho.
Pris 22,11 - Druhý polverš doplnený zo LXX. – Ďalší polverš, zachovaný v pôvodine, žiada doplnok, no ten sa nezachoval.
Pris 22,14 - Porov. 2,16–19; 5,3–6; 7,21–23.
Pris 22,16 - Bedár má zisk z toho, keď ho boháč utlačuje, lebo mu Boh tajne vynahrádza všetko. Na tom však, čo boháč nahonobí nespravodlivo, je kliatba Božia, skôr či neskôr stratí to, čo tak nadobudol.
Pris 22,17-21 - Úvod k ďalšej zbierke mudrcových výpovedí (porov. úvod, bod 3). V pôvodine je jeho text hodne pokazený. Napísal ho azda zberateľ, čo zostavoval túto zbierku. Príslovia sú viacveršové, nie tak ako predošlé, čo boli dvojveršové.
