Verš 1
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Kaz 7:1 - "A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. "
Verš 2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Prís 29:13 - The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
Verš 3
A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Prís 27:12 - "A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. "
Verš 8
He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Jób 4:8 - Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Oz 10:13 - "All of you have plowed wickedness, all of you have reaped iniquity; all of you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men. "
Verš 9
"He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor. "
2Kor 9:6 - "But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully. "
Verš 11
He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Ž 101:6 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
Verš 13
The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Prís 26:13 - "The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. "
Verš 14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Prís 2:16 - "To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words; "
Prís 5:3 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Prís 7:5 - That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.
Prís 23:27 - "For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. "
Verš 15
"Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. "
Prís 13:24 - He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.
Prís 19:18 - Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying.
Prís 23:14 - You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell.
Prís 29:15 - The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.
Prís 29:17 - "Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight unto your soul. "
Verš 16
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to lack.
Prís 14:31 - He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
Prís 17:5 - Whoso mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Verš 22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Za 7:10 - "And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. "
Ex 23:6 - You shall not shift the judgment of your poor in his cause.
Jób 31:13 - "If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; "
Ž 82:3 - Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Verš 23
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Ex 22:22 - All of you shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
Ž 10:18 - To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Verš 26
Be not you one of them that shake hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Prís 6:1 - My son, if you be guarantor for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,
Prís 11:15 - He that is guarantor for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hates standing for surety is sure.
Verš 27
If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
Prís 20:16 - Take his garment that is guarantor for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Verš 28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Dt 19:14 - You shall not remove your neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Dt 27:17 - Cursed be he that removes his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Prís 23:10 - "Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields 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.
