## Proverbs Chapter 18

###### Proverbs 18:1
[Proverbs 18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:1)

לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ נִפְרָ֑ד בְּכׇל־תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who keeps himself apart seeks to satisfy his own vanity: he breaks out against all sound policy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One who departs [from the L-rd] to court lust will be exposed in every Torah conclave.


###### Proverbs 18:2
[Proverbs 18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:2)

לֹא־יַחְפֹּ֣ץ כְּ֭סִיל בִּתְבוּנָ֑ה כִּ֝֗י אִֽם־בְּהִתְגַּלּ֥וֹת לִבּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may lay itself bare.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fool does not desire understanding, but to "ventilate" his heart.


###### Proverbs 18:3
[Proverbs 18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:3)

בְּֽבוֹא־רָ֭שָׁע בָּ֣א גַם־בּ֑וּז וְֽעִם־קָל֥וֹן חֶרְפָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
With the coming of the wicked one, there also comes contempt, and with profligacy, shaming.


###### Proverbs 18:4
[Proverbs 18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:4)

מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים דִּבְרֵ֣י פִי־אִ֑ישׁ נַ֥חַל נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ מְק֣וֹר חׇכְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters, a flowing wadi, a fountain of wisdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Deep waters are the words of a hero, a flowing stream, the wellspring of wisdom.


###### Proverbs 18:5
[Proverbs 18:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:5)

שְׂאֵ֣ת פְּנֵי־רָשָׁ֣ע לֹא־ט֑וֹב לְהַטּ֥וֹת צַ֝דִּ֗יק בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It is not good to favour the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside justice from the righteous.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is not good for the wicked that favor is shown [them in this world and punishment exacted in the next.] [It is good] for the righteous that [the scales of] judgment are turned [against them in this world, so that they merit life in the world to come].


###### Proverbs 18:6
[Proverbs 18:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:6)

שִׂפְתֵ֣י כְ֭סִיל יָבֹ֣אוּ בְרִ֑יב וּ֝פִ֗יו לְֽמַהֲלֻמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The lips of the fool [i.e., all of his words] come in [terms of] quarrel, and his mouth invites blows.


###### Proverbs 18:7
[Proverbs 18:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:7)

פִּֽי־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה־ל֑וֹ וּ֝שְׂפָתָ֗יו מוֹקֵ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The mouth of a fool brings destruction to him, and his lips are a stumbling-block to his soul.


###### Proverbs 18:8
[Proverbs 18:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:8)

דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The words of a talebearer are like dainties, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The words of the complainer are like blows and they enter one's innards.


###### Proverbs 18:9
[Proverbs 18:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:9)

גַּ֭ם מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ אָ֥ח ה֝֗וּא לְבַ֣עַל מַשְׁחִֽית׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even he [(a Torah scholar)] who weakens in his work [(i.e., who departs from the Torah)] is a brother to the destroyer [(Satan)].


###### Proverbs 18:10
[Proverbs 18:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:10)

מִגְדַּל־עֹ֭ז שֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה בּֽוֹ־יָר֖וּץ צַדִּ֣יק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A tower of strength is the name of the L-rd. Through it the righteous one will race [whithersoever he wishes], and he will be strengthened [therein].


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

ה֣וֹן עָ֭שִׁיר קִרְיַ֣ת עֻזּ֑וֹ וּכְחוֹמָ֥ה נִ֝שְׂגָּבָ֗ה בְּמַשְׂכִּתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The treasure of the wealthy one is the city of his strength; as a fortified wall [is it] in his chamber.


###### Proverbs 18:12
[Proverbs 18:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:12)

לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֭בֶר יִגְבַּ֣הּ לֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָב֣וֹד עֲנָוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, but before honour goes humility.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Before destruction a man's heart grows haughty, and before honor there is humility.


###### Proverbs 18:13
[Proverbs 18:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:13)

מֵשִׁ֣יב דָּ֭בָר בְּטֶ֣רֶם יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִוֶּ֥לֶת הִיא־ל֝֗וֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If one answers before he has heard, it will be accounted foolishness to him, and shame.


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

רֽוּחַ־אִ֭ישׁ יְכַלְכֵּ֣ל מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ וְר֥וּחַ נְ֝כֵאָ֗ה מִ֣י יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A hero's spirit will sustain his sickness [(and it will not prevail over him)]; but a broken spirit, who will bear it?


###### Proverbs 18:15
[Proverbs 18:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:15)

לֵ֣ב נָ֭בוֹן יִקְנֶה־דָּ֑עַת וְאֹ֥זֶן חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים תְּבַקֶּשׁ־דָּֽעַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
An understanding heart will acquire wisdom [of itself], but the ear of the wise will seek wisdom.


###### Proverbs 18:16
[Proverbs 18:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:16)

מַתָּ֣ן אָ֭דָם יַרְחִ֣יב ל֑וֹ וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְדֹלִ֣ים יַנְחֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A man's gift will broaden [the path] for him and will lead him before the great.


###### Proverbs 18:17
[Proverbs 18:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:17)

צַדִּ֣יק הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן בְּרִיב֑וֹ (יבא) [וּבָֽא־]רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The one who pleads first seems to be in the right: then his neighbour comes forward, and sifts his case.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The first [to state his case] in an argument seems righteous; but when his fellow comes, he is interrogated [in distrust].


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

מִ֭דְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּ֣ית הַגּוֹרָ֑ל וּבֵ֖ין עֲצוּמִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The lot causes contentions to cease, and it decides between the mighty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A lottery can quell a quarrel and part the litigants [in their dispute].


###### Proverbs 18:19
[Proverbs 18:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:19)

אָ֗ח נִפְשָׁ֥ע מִקִּרְיַת־עֹ֑ז (ומדונים) [וּ֝מִדְיָנִ֗ים] כִּבְרִ֥יחַ אַרְמֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[There is] a brother who, by his rebellion [(against his brother)], [is deprived] of a bastion of strength [(e.g., Lot against Abraham, Esav against Jacob)], and [whose] quarrel [separates them forever] as the bolt of palace [doors forbids entry].


###### Proverbs 18:20
[Proverbs 18:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:20)

מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע בִּטְנ֑וֹ תְּבוּאַ֖ת שְׂפָתָ֣יו יִשְׂבָּֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A man's stomach will be sated with the fruits of his mouth; he will be sated with the produce of his lips.


###### Proverbs 18:21
[Proverbs 18:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:21)

מָ֣וֶת וְ֭חַיִּים בְּיַד־לָשׁ֑וֹן וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ יֹאכַ֥ל פִּרְיָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat its fruit.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Life and death are in the power of the tongue; those who love [to use] it [in the study of Torah] will eat its fruit [in the world to come].


###### Proverbs 18:22
[Proverbs 18:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:22)

מָצָ֣א אִ֭שָּׁה מָ֣צָא ט֑וֹב וַיָּ֥פֶק רָ֝צ֗וֹן מֵיְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favour of the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who has found a wife has found good and has brought forth favor from the L-rd.


###### Proverbs 18:23
[Proverbs 18:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:23)

תַּחֲנוּנִ֥ים יְדַבֶּר־רָ֑שׁ וְ֝עָשִׁ֗יר יַעֲנֶ֥ה עַזּֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers with impudence.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The poor man speaks imploringly [though he knows that] the rich man will answer brazenly.


###### Proverbs 18:24
[Proverbs 18:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/18:24)

אִ֣ישׁ רֵ֭עִים לְהִתְרֹעֵ֑עַ וְיֵ֥שׁ אֹ֝הֵ֗ב דָּבֵ֥ק מֵאָֽח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There are friends who merely pretend friendship: and there is a true friend who is closer than a brother.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A man [acquires] friends to befriend [him in time of need], for sometimes a lover [i.e., a friend] will cleave [to him] more than a brother.