No fewer than seven of the eight Beatitudes (_Matt._ 5^{3ff}) recall proverbs of the Wise; what had been, as it were, a seed of thought in the proverb finding ripe expression in the Beatitude. For instance, _Blessed are the poor_ (_i.e._, humble) _in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven_, said Jesus--_Better_, said the Wise, _is it to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud_ (Pr. 16^{19}). With Jesus’ condemnation of mischievous talk, _Every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement; for by thy words shalt thou be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned_ (_Matt._ 12^{36, 37}), compare Pr. 18^{20, 21} _Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof_ (also Pr. 13^{2}, 15^{4}, 21^{23}, etc.). With the teaching, _Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth ... but in heaven_, compare Pr. 11^{4, 28}, 15^{16}, 16^{8}, etc. _Give us this day our daily bread_ seems to echo Pr. 30^{8}: _Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is needful for me_. In the command for generous dealing, _Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away_ (_Matt._ 5^{42}), there is perhaps a precise reminiscence of Pr. 3^{28}: _Say not unto thy neighbour, “Go and come again” when thou hast it with thee_ (cp. also Pr. 19^{17} with _Matt._ 25^{40}); and again when Jesus encouraged His disciples saying _Be not anxious how or what ye shall speak.... For it is not ye that speak but the spirit of your Father which speaketh in you_ (Matt. 10^{19, 20}), perhaps the very words of Pr. 16^{1} were in His memory: _The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord_? Some of the immortal images in our Lord’s parables may have been painted from the thought suggested by a proverb. In the parable of _Luke_ 14^{7-11}, the command not to seek the highest seats at the banquet may originate in the saying of Pr. 25^{6} as much as in the concrete examples of the failing which contemporary life no doubt afforded. So also the famous parable of the two houses, one built on rock, the other on sand, perhaps goes back to the seed-thought in Pr. 12^{7}: _The wicked are overthrown and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand_; and the proverb _Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth_, Pr. 27^{1}, might be text for Christ’s parable of the rich man and his barns (_Luke_ 12^{16-21}). Again when Jesus, speaking of the kingdom of heaven, likens it to a marriage feast (_Matt._ 22^{1-14}; etc.) and elsewhere compares it in its infinite value to a hidden precious pearl, there are details in the language used which suggest that the picture of Wisdom’s banquet (Pr. 9^{1-5}), and the proverbs on the incomparable worth of Wisdom were not far distant from His mind.