## Proverbs Chapter 11

###### Proverbs 11:1
[Proverbs 11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:1)

מֹאזְנֵ֣י מִ֭רְמָה תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְאֶ֖בֶן שְׁלֵמָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Deceitful scales are the abomination of the L-rd, and a whole weight is His will.


###### Proverbs 11:2
[Proverbs 11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:2)

בָּֽא־זָ֭דוֹן וַיָּבֹ֣א קָל֑וֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִ֥ים חׇכְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When willfulness comes there comes shame, and with the humble [there comes] wisdom.


###### Proverbs 11:3
[Proverbs 11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:3)

תֻּמַּ֣ת יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְסֶ֖לֶף בֹּגְדִ֣ים (ושדם) [יְשׇׁדֵּֽם]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The innocence of the just shall lead them, and the perversion of the faithless shall despoil them.


###### Proverbs 11:4
[Proverbs 11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:4)

לֹא־יוֹעִ֣יל ה֭וֹן בְּי֣וֹם עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Wealth will not avail in the day of wrath, but charity will rescue from death.


###### Proverbs 11:5
[Proverbs 11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:5)

צִדְקַ֣ת תָּ֭מִים תְּיַשֵּׁ֣ר דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל רָשָֽׁע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The righteousness of the innocent shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The righteousness of the innocent one straightens his path, and the wicked one will fall in his [own] wickedness.


###### Proverbs 11:6
[Proverbs 11:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:6)

צִדְקַ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תַּצִּילֵ֑ם וּ֝בְהַוַּ֗ת בֹּגְדִ֥ים יִלָּכֵֽדוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but the faithless shall be caught in their own malice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The righteousness of the just shall rescue them, and the faithless will be trapped in the destruction [they have plotted].


###### Proverbs 11:7
[Proverbs 11:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:7)

בְּמ֤וֹת אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע תֹּאבַ֣ד תִּקְוָ֑ה וְתוֹחֶ֖לֶת אוֹנִ֣ים אָבָֽדָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When a wicked man dies, the hope [of his hangers-on] is lost, and the hope of his sons perishes [(his merit not "standing" for them, [as opposed to the lot of the sons of the righteous])].


###### Proverbs 11:8
[Proverbs 11:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:8)

צַ֭דִּיק מִצָּרָ֣ה נֶחֱלָ֑ץ וַיָּבֹ֖א רָשָׁ֣ע תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The righteous one is rescued from affliction [("when the wicked man dies")], and the wicked one comes in his place.


###### Proverbs 11:9
[Proverbs 11:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:9)

בְּפֶ֗ה חָ֭נֵף יַשְׁחִ֣ת רֵעֵ֑הוּ וּ֝בְדַ֗עַת צַדִּיקִ֥ים יֵחָלֵֽצוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A hypocrite destroys his neighbour with his mouth: but the just shall be delivered through knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With [his] mouth, the flatterer destroys [his friend], but with knowledge [of the Torah, which exhorts against succumbing to the flatterer's enticements (viz. Deuteronomy 13:9)], the righteous are rescued.


###### Proverbs 11:10
[Proverbs 11:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:10)

בְּט֣וּב צַ֭דִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹ֣ץ קִרְיָ֑ה וּבַאֲבֹ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים רִנָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: but when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The city exults in the good of the righteous, and when the wicked perish there is rejoicing.


###### Proverbs 11:11
[Proverbs 11:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:11)

בְּבִרְכַּ֣ת יְ֭שָׁרִים תָּר֣וּם קָ֑רֶת וּבְפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תֵּהָרֵֽס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
By the blessing of the just the ceiling is sustained [(When the kings of Judah were just, the "ceiling" of the Temple was kept from falling by their prayers)], but by the mouth of the wicked it is razed.


###### Proverbs 11:12
[Proverbs 11:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:12)

בׇּז־לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנ֣וֹת יַחֲרִֽישׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbour: but a man of understanding holds his peace.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who shames his friend lacks a heart, and the man of understanding will remain silent [(when he is thus shamed, viz. I Samuel 10:27)].


###### Proverbs 11:13
[Proverbs 11:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:13)

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָ֭כִיל מְגַלֶּה־סּ֑וֹד וְנֶאֱמַן־ר֝֗וּחַ מְכַסֶּ֥ה דָבָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who reveals a secret is a tale-bearer, and the faithful of spirit conceals a thing.


###### Proverbs 11:14
[Proverbs 11:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:14)

בְּאֵ֣ין תַּ֭חְבֻּלוֹת יִפׇּל־עָ֑ם וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה בְּרֹ֣ב יוֹעֵֽץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Where there is no counsel, a people falls: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When [(in a time of affliction)], there are no stratagems [(e.g., taking stock of one's acts, fasting, repentance, etc)], the people shall fall, and there is salvation in much counsel.


###### Proverbs 11:15
[Proverbs 11:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:15)

רַע־יֵ֭רוֹעַ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וְשֹׂנֵ֖א תֹקְעִ֣ים בּוֹטֵֽחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: but he that hates suretyship is safe.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One will be utterly broken for having gone security for a stranger, and the hater of hand-shaking [(in pledge)] shall be secure.


###### Proverbs 11:16
[Proverbs 11:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:16)

אֵֽשֶׁת־חֵ֭ן תִּתְמֹ֣ךְ כָּב֑וֹד וְ֝עָרִיצִ֗ים יִתְמְכוּ־עֹֽשֶׁר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A woman of charm obtains honour: and powerful men obtain wealth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The woman of favor [(the congregation of Israel)] courts honor [(the honor of the L-rd and His Torah)], and tyrants court wealth.


###### Proverbs 11:17
[Proverbs 11:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:17)

גֹּמֵ֣ל נַ֭פְשׁוֹ אִ֣ישׁ חָ֑סֶד וְעֹכֵ֥ר שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ אַכְזָרִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One who is kind to his kin is a saintly man, and the cruel man [is he who] vexes his kin.


###### Proverbs 11:18
[Proverbs 11:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:18)

רָשָׁ֗ע עֹשֶׂ֥ה פְעֻלַּת־שָׁ֑קֶר וְזֹרֵ֥עַ צְ֝דָקָ֗ה שֶׂ֣כֶר אֱמֶֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wicked man earns wages of deceit: but he that sows righteousness has a sure reward.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The deed of the wicked one betrays him [(i.e., it does not fulfill his intent)], but one who sows charity — [it (the charity) is] a true weir [i.e., it "traps" what is intended as a weir traps fish].


###### Proverbs 11:19
[Proverbs 11:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:19)

כֵּן־צְדָקָ֥ה לְחַיִּ֑ים וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף רָעָ֣ה לְמוֹתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that is firm in righteousness achieves life; but he that pursues evil comes to his own death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The truth [i.e., the end result] of charity is life, and one who pursues evil [does so] for his death.


###### Proverbs 11:20
[Proverbs 11:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:20)

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הֹוָה עִקְּשֵׁי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ תְּמִ֣ימֵי דָֽרֶךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They that are of a crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The abomination of the L-rd are the perverse of heart, and those who walk in innocence are His desire.


###### Proverbs 11:21
[Proverbs 11:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:21)

יָ֣ד לְ֭יָד לֹא־יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְזֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They who join hands for wicked ends shall not go unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Punishment will come from G-d's] hand to [the] hand [of the sinner]. He will not be cleansed [i.e., absolved] of the evil [he has done]; but the righteous [(sometimes do)] escape [(in the merit of their fathers)].


###### Proverbs 11:22
[Proverbs 11:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:22)

נֶ֣זֶם זָ֭הָב בְּאַ֣ף חֲזִ֑יר אִשָּׁ֥ה יָ֝פָ֗ה וְסָ֣רַת טָֽעַם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Like a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman without discretion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As a golden ring [(which becomes besmirched)] in the snout of a pig, so is a beautiful woman [(a Torah scholar)] departing from wisdom [(Torah)].


###### Proverbs 11:23
[Proverbs 11:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:23)

תַּאֲוַ֣ת צַדִּיקִ֣ים אַךְ־ט֑וֹב תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The desire of the righteous is good alone; the hope [i.e., the expectation] of the wicked is wrath [(Gehinnom)].


###### Proverbs 11:24
[Proverbs 11:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:24)

יֵ֣שׁ מְ֭פַזֵּר וְנוֹסָ֥ף ע֑וֹד וְחֹשֵׂ֥ךְ מִ֝יֹּ֗שֶׁר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is one who gives freely, and yet increases, another spares unjustly, but comes to want.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is scattering [of one's wealth (in charity)] with even more increase, and holding back from just [(giving)] for want alone.


###### Proverbs 11:25
[Proverbs 11:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:25)

נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּרָכָ֥ה תְדֻשָּׁ֑ן וּ֝מַרְוֶ֗ה גַּם־ה֥וּא יוֹרֶֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The liberal soul shall be made rich: and he who waters shall be nourished also himself.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The magnanimous soul will [itself] grow fat, and the sater [of the poor] will himself be sated [with good].


###### Proverbs 11:26
[Proverbs 11:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:26)

מֹ֣נֵֽעַ בָּ֭ר יִקְּבֻ֣הוּ לְא֑וֹם וּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה לְרֹ֣אשׁ מַשְׁבִּֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who holds back corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells freely.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who withholds produce [(Torah teaching)] will be cursed by the nations, but blessing [will descend] upon the head of the provider.


###### Proverbs 11:27
[Proverbs 11:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:27)

שֹׁ֣חֵֽר ט֭וֹב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצ֑וֹן וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ רָעָ֣ה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who diligently seeks good procures favour: but he who seeks mischief, it shall come to him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who desires good [(for others and chastises them to that end)] seeks conciliation [i.e., that the L-rd be reconciled to them], but he who seeks out evil [for them] — it will come to him.


###### Proverbs 11:28
[Proverbs 11:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:28)

בּוֹטֵ֣חַ בְּ֭עׇשְׁרוֹ ה֣וּא יִפּ֑וֹל וְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗ה צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִפְרָֽחוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish like foliage.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who trusts in his wealth shall fall, but the righteous shall sprout as leaves.


###### Proverbs 11:29
[Proverbs 11:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:29)

עֹכֵ֣ר בֵּ֭יתוֹ יִנְחַל־ר֑וּחַ וְעֶ֥בֶד אֱ֝וִ֗יל לַֽחֲכַם־לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who troubles his own house shall inherit wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who inherits the wind [i.e., the lazy man, who neither studies Torah nor works] vexes his household [(leaving them without sustenance)], and [this] fool will [ultimately] become a servant to the wise of heart.


###### Proverbs 11:30
[Proverbs 11:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:30)

פְּֽרִי־צַ֭דִּיק עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְלֹקֵ֖חַ נְפָשׁ֣וֹת חָכָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fruits of [the deeds of] the righteous one are a tree of life [for the world], and he who takes [i.e., acquires] souls [(whom he teaches the way of good [viz. Genesis 12:5])] is wise.


###### Proverbs 11:31
[Proverbs 11:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/11:31)

הֵ֣ן צַ֭דִּיק בָּאָ֣רֶץ יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־רָשָׁ֥ע וְחוֹטֵֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, the just man shall be recompensed on earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If the righteous one is paid [i.e., punished for his evil deeds] upon this earth, how much more so [will retribution come (in this world or the next) to] the wicked one (who persists in) sinning.