## Proverbs Chapter 14

###### Proverbs 14:1
[Proverbs 14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:1)

חַכְמ֣וֹת נָ֭שִׁים בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ וְ֝אִוֶּ֗לֶת בְּיָדֶ֥יהָ תֶהֶרְסֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wisdom of women builds her house: but Folly plucks it down with her hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The wisest of the women builds her house, and the foolish one destroys it with her own hands.


###### Proverbs 14:2
[Proverbs 14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:2)

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּ֭יׇשְׁרוֹ יְרֵ֣א יְהֹוָ֑ה וּנְל֖וֹז דְּרָכָ֣יו בּוֹזֵֽהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord: but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who fears the L-rd walks in uprightness, and he who is perverse in his ways shames Him.


###### Proverbs 14:3
[Proverbs 14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:3)

בְּֽפִי־אֱ֭וִיל חֹ֣טֶר גַּאֲוָ֑ה וְשִׂפְתֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים תִּשְׁמוּרֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the fool is the stick of pride, but the lips of the wise will guard them.


###### Proverbs 14:4
[Proverbs 14:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:4)

בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר וְרׇב־תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּכֹ֣חַ שֽׁוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase comes by the strength of the ox.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean — but there is much produce in the strength of the ox. [(Where there are no Torah scholars, the teaching is not in accordance with the halachah)].


###### Proverbs 14:5
[Proverbs 14:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:5)

עֵ֣ד אֱ֭מוּנִים לֹ֣א יְכַזֵּ֑ב וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים עֵ֣ד שָֽׁקֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A trusty witness is he that does not lie: but he that utters lies is a false witness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The honest witness will not deceive, but the false witness spouts deceptions.


###### Proverbs 14:6
[Proverbs 14:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:6)

בִּקֶּשׁ־לֵ֣ץ חׇכְמָ֣ה וָאָ֑יִן וְדַ֖עַת לְנָב֣וֹן נָקָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A scorner seeks wisdom, and does not find it: but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The scoffer will seek wisdom [(when he requires it)] and not find it [in his heart], but wisdom will come easily to the understanding one.


###### Proverbs 14:7
[Proverbs 14:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:7)

לֵ֣ךְ מִ֭נֶּגֶד לְאִ֣ישׁ כְּסִ֑יל וּבַל־יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Go far away from the foolish man [i.e., do not befriend him], or you will not know lips of wisdom.


###### Proverbs 14:8
[Proverbs 14:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:8)

חׇכְמַ֣ת עָ֭רוּם הָבִ֣ין דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְאִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The wisdom of the wise one is understanding his way [i.e., weighing his decisions]; the folly of the fools is [the] deceit [in their hearts (which prompts them to folly)].


###### Proverbs 14:9
[Proverbs 14:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:9)

אֱ֭וִלִים יָלִ֣יץ אָשָׁ֑ם וּבֵ֖ין יְשָׁרִ֣ים רָצֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Guilt mocks fools: but the favour of God is among the upright.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Monetary] reparations [(to those they have offended)] will plead for the fools, [(viz. Samuel 6:4)], but among the just [(G-d and His people)] good will [(will suffice)].


###### Proverbs 14:10
[Proverbs 14:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:10)

לֵ֗ב י֭וֹדֵעַ מׇרַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ לֹא־יִתְעָ֥רַב זָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The heart knows its own bitterness; and no stranger shares its joy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The heart knows its own toil [(in the study of Torah)], and [(therefore)] in its joy [i.e., its reward in the future] no stranger will share.


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

בֵּ֣ית רְ֭שָׁעִים יִשָּׁמֵ֑ד וְאֹ֖הֶל יְשָׁרִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, and the tent of the just will blossom.


###### Proverbs 14:12
[Proverbs 14:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:12)

יֵ֤שׁ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יָ֭שָׁר לִפְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ דַּרְכֵי־מָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is a way which seems right to a man, but at its end are the ways of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is a way [(of transgression)] which is just in a man's eyes, but whose end is the ways of death.


###### Proverbs 14:13
[Proverbs 14:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:13)

גַּם־בִּשְׂחֹ֥ק יִכְאַב־לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ שִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Even in laughter the heart aches: and the end of that mirth is grief.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even with play [(the "play" of the L-rd with the idolators in this world)], the heart [(of the idolators)] will grieve [(in the world to come [viz. Isaiah 65:14])] so that its end will be joy [turned to] sorrow.


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

מִדְּרָכָ֣יו יִ֭שְׂבַּע ס֣וּג לֵ֑ב וּ֝מֵעָלָ֗יו אִ֣ישׁ טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The dissembler shall have enough of his own ways: but a good man shall find satisfaction in himself.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The impure of heart [(Esav)] shall be sated [i.e., punished] with his ways, and the good man [(Yaakov)] [will depart] from him [(not to share in his punishment)].


###### Proverbs 14:15
[Proverbs 14:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:15)

פֶּ֭תִי יַאֲמִ֣ין לְכׇל־דָּבָ֑ר וְ֝עָר֗וּם יָבִ֥ין לַאֲשֻׁרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The simple man believes everything: but the prudent man looks well to his step.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fool believes everything [(reported by talebearers)], but the wise man looks to his steps [(i.e., he ascertains the truth before acting on what he hears)].


###### Proverbs 14:16
[Proverbs 14:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:16)

חָכָ֣ם יָ֭רֵא וְסָ֣ר מֵרָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל מִתְעַבֵּ֥ר וּבוֹטֵֽחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The wise man fears [punishment] and turns away from the evil, but the fool forges on and falls.


###### Proverbs 14:17
[Proverbs 14:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:17)

קְֽצַר־אַ֭פַּיִם יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה אִוֶּ֑לֶת וְאִ֥ישׁ מְ֝זִמּ֗וֹת יִשָּׂנֵֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that is soon angry acts foolishly: but a man of wicked devices is hated.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who is quick to vent his wrath is rendered foolish thereby, and the man who plots evil is hated.


###### Proverbs 14:18
[Proverbs 14:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:18)

נָחֲל֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם אִוֶּ֑לֶת וַ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים יַכְתִּ֥רוּ דָֽעַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fools have inherited folly, and the wise will crown [themselves with] wisdom, [and, in the end,]


###### Proverbs 14:19
[Proverbs 14:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:19)

שַׁח֣וּ רָ֭עִים לִפְנֵ֣י טוֹבִ֑ים וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֥י צַדִּֽיק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
the evildoers will grovel before the good, and the wicked, at the gates of the righteous one.


###### Proverbs 14:20
[Proverbs 14:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:20)

גַּם־לְ֭רֵעֵהוּ יִשָּׂ֣נֵא רָ֑שׁ וְאֹהֲבֵ֖י עָשִׁ֣יר רַבִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The poor man is hated even by his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even by his comrade is the ignorant [(coarse)] man hated, and the lovers of the rich are many.


###### Proverbs 14:21
[Proverbs 14:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:21)

בׇּז־לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ חוֹטֵ֑א וּמְחוֹנֵ֖ן (עניים) [עֲנָוִ֣ים] אַשְׁרָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that despises his neighbour sins: but he that is kind to the poor, happy is he.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who shames his friend is a sinner, and he who is gracious to the poor, fortunate is he.


###### Proverbs 14:22
[Proverbs 14:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:22)

הֲֽלוֹא־יִ֭תְעוּ חֹ֣רְשֵׁי רָ֑ע וְחֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת חֹ֣רְשֵׁי טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not they who devise evil go astray? and do not they who devise good enjoy loyalty and truth?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will not the devisers of evil stray, and lovingkindness and truth [greet] the devisers of good?


###### Proverbs 14:23
[Proverbs 14:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:23)

בְּכׇל־עֶ֭צֶב יִהְיֶ֣ה מוֹתָ֑ר וּדְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In all toil there is gain, but the word of the lips [i.e., vain talk] is for loss alone.


###### Proverbs 14:24
[Proverbs 14:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:24)

עֲטֶ֣רֶת חֲכָמִ֣ים עׇשְׁרָ֑ם אִוֶּ֖לֶת כְּסִילִ֣ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The crown of the wise is their wealth [(in Torah)]; the undoing of the fools is their folly [(their laxity in learning)].


###### Proverbs 14:25
[Proverbs 14:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:25)

מַצִּ֣יל נְ֭פָשׁוֹת עֵ֣ד אֱמֶ֑ת וְיָפִ֖חַ כְּזָבִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A true witness saves lives: but a deceitful witness utters lies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A true witness is the saver of souls, and the spouter of lies [saves the man of] deceit.


###### Proverbs 14:26
[Proverbs 14:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:26)

בְּיִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הֹוָה מִבְטַח־עֹ֑ז וּ֝לְבָנָ֗יו יִהְיֶ֥ה מַחְסֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the fear of the Lord a man has strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fear of the L-rd is a bastion of strength [viz. Genesis 22:12 and 17], and he [(the G-d-fearing man)] will be shelter for his sons.


###### Proverbs 14:27
[Proverbs 14:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:27)

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הֹוָה מְק֣וֹר חַיִּ֑ים לָ֝ס֗וּר מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fear of the L-rd is a source of life to turn [one away] from the snares of death.


###### Proverbs 14:28
[Proverbs 14:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:28)

בְּרׇב־עָ֥ם הַדְרַת־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּבְאֶ֥פֶס לְ֝אֹ֗ם מְחִתַּ֥ת רָזֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the multitude of people is the king’s glory: but in the lack of people is the downfall of the prince.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the multitude of the people [(when they are meritorious)] is the glory of the King, and in the want of a [(virtuous)] populace is the waning of [His] princehood [i.e., majesty].


###### Proverbs 14:29
[Proverbs 14:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:29)

אֶ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם רַב־תְּבוּנָ֑ה וּקְצַר־ר֝֗וּחַ מֵרִ֥ים אִוֶּֽלֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who is slow to wrath [gains] much understanding, but he who is short-tempered garners folly.


###### Proverbs 14:30
[Proverbs 14:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:30)

חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א וּרְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The life of [creatures of] flesh is a healing heart [(a heart of flesh, which "heals" the evil by yielding and forgiving)], but a rotting of the bones [(of mankind)] is a man of scorn.


###### Proverbs 14:31
[Proverbs 14:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:31)

עֹ֣שֵֽׁק דָּ֭ל חֵרֵ֣ף עֹשֵׂ֑הוּ וּ֝מְכַבְּד֗וֹ חֹנֵ֥ן אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that oppresses the poor blasphemes his maker: but he that honours him is gracious to the poor.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who robs the poor man shames his Maker, but he who is gracious to the needy one honors Him.


###### Proverbs 14:32
[Proverbs 14:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:32)

בְּֽ֭רָעָתוֹ יִדָּחֶ֣ה רָשָׁ֑ע וְחֹסֶ֖ה בְמוֹת֣וֹ צַדִּֽיק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wicked is thrust down in his calamity: but the righteous has hope in his death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The wicked man is cast out by his evil, and the righteous one takes shelter [(in the L-rd)] in his death [(knowing that he will come to Eden)].


###### Proverbs 14:33
[Proverbs 14:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:33)

בְּלֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן תָּנ֣וּחַ חׇכְמָ֑ה וּבְקֶ֥רֶב כְּ֝סִילִ֗ים תִּוָּדֵֽעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wisdom rests quietly in the heart of the judicious: but the folly in the breast of fools shall easily be known.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the understanding heart, wisdom will repose, and in the midst of the fools, it [(the modicum of wisdom that they may possess)] will clamor.


###### Proverbs 14:34
[Proverbs 14:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:34)

צְדָקָ֥ה תְרוֹמֵֽם־גּ֑וֹי וְחֶ֖סֶד לְאֻמִּ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Charity will uplift the nation [(Israel)], and the lovingkindness of the peoples, [(who steal from one and give to another)] is a sin.


###### Proverbs 14:35
[Proverbs 14:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/14:35)

רְֽצוֹן־מֶ֭לֶךְ לְעֶ֣בֶד מַשְׂכִּ֑יל וְ֝עֶבְרָת֗וֹ תִּהְיֶ֥ה מֵבִֽישׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The king’s favour is turned towards a wise servant: but his anger falls on one who acts shamefully.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The favor of the king [will be] upon the wise servant, and his wrath, upon the shameful one.