## Proverbs Chapter 19

###### Proverbs 19:1
[Proverbs 19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:1)

טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו וְה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Better a poor man who walks in his innocence than one who perverts his lips and is a fool.


###### Proverbs 19:2
[Proverbs 19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:2)

גַּ֤ם בְּלֹא־דַ֣עַת נֶ֣פֶשׁ לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְאָ֖ץ בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם חוֹטֵֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Also, without wisdom [i.e., Torah] it is not good [for] the soul; and the sinner treads [transgressions] underfoot [(saying: "This is only a slight sin and I will do it.")]


###### Proverbs 19:3
[Proverbs 19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:3)

אִוֶּ֣לֶת אָ֭דָם תְּסַלֵּ֣ף דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְעַל־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יִזְעַ֥ף לִבּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The foolishness of a man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A man's folly perverts his way and his heart rants against the L-rd! [viz., Joseph's brothers (Genesis 42:28)]


###### Proverbs 19:4
[Proverbs 19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:4)

ה֗וֹן יֹ֭סִיף רֵעִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝דָ֗ל מֵרֵעֵ֥הוּ יִפָּרֵֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wealth makes many friends; but as for the poor, his neighbour keeps himself apart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Wealth adds many friends, but a poor man is parted from his fellow [by his poverty].


###### Proverbs 19:5
[Proverbs 19:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:5)

עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִמָּלֵֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that utters lies shall not escape.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The false witness will not be clean [(of Heavenly judgment)], and the spouter of lies will not escape.


###### Proverbs 19:6
[Proverbs 19:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:6)

רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי־נָדִ֑יב וְכׇל־הָ֝רֵ֗עַ לְאִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Many will entreat the favour of the generous man: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Many court the presence of the patron, and all befriend the man of gifts.


###### Proverbs 19:7
[Proverbs 19:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:7)

כׇּ֥ל־אֲחֵי־רָ֨שׁ**׀** שְֽׂנֵאֻ֗הוּ אַ֤ף כִּ֣י מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ רָחֲק֣וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף אֲמָרִ֣ים (לא) [לוֹ־]הֵֽמָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? Their word for him is, Pursuer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All the kin of the poor man hate him — How much more so do his friends withdraw from him! He pursues words which are naught [i.e., vain, saying: "So and so is my relative; so and so is my friend."]


###### Proverbs 19:8
[Proverbs 19:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:8)

קֹֽנֶה־לֵּ֭ב אֹהֵ֣ב נַפְשׁ֑וֹ שֹׁמֵ֥ר תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה לִמְצֹא־טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One who acquires understanding loves his soul; the guarder of understanding will find good.


###### Proverbs 19:9
[Proverbs 19:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:9)

עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים יֹאבֵֽד׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that utters lies shall perish.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The false witness will not be clean [(of Heavenly judgment)], and the spouter of lies will go lost.


###### Proverbs 19:10
[Proverbs 19:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:10)

לֹא־נָאוֶ֣ה לִכְסִ֣יל תַּעֲנ֑וּג אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְעֶ֤בֶד**׀** מְשֹׁ֬ל בְּשָׂרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Pleasure does not befit a fool; how much more so [does it not befit] a servant to lord it over dignitaries.


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

שֵׂ֣כֶל אָ֭דָם הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ אַפּ֑וֹ וְ֝תִפְאַרְתּ֗וֹ עֲבֹ֣ר עַל־פָּֽשַׁע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is wisdom in a man to withhold his wrath, and his glory is overlooking offense.


###### Proverbs 19:12
[Proverbs 19:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:12)

נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion; and his favour is like dew upon the grass.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As the roar of a young lion is the wrath of the King, and as dew upon grass is His [good] will.


###### Proverbs 19:13
[Proverbs 19:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:13)

הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual drip.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A father's heartbreak is a foolish son, and [like] a harrowing drip is a woman's contentions.


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

בַּ֣יִת וָ֭הוֹן נַחֲלַ֣ת אָב֑וֹת וּ֝מֵיְהֹוָ֗ה אִשָּׁ֥ה מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A house and wealth is an inheritance from fathers, but a wise woman comes from the L-rd.


###### Proverbs 19:15
[Proverbs 19:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:15)

עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Laziness casts a slumber, and the deceiving soul will go hungry.


###### Proverbs 19:16
[Proverbs 19:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:16)

שֹׁמֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑וֹ בּוֹזֵ֖ה דְרָכָ֣יו (יומת) [יָמֽוּת]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall die.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One who keeps a mitzvah keeps his soul. One who is heedless of his ways [(not taking care to weigh them)] will die.


###### Proverbs 19:17
[Proverbs 19:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:17)

מַלְוֵ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה ח֣וֹנֵֽן דָּ֑ל וּ֝גְמֻל֗וֹ יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He that gives graciously to the poor makes a loan to the Lord; and that which he has given he will pay him back.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who is gracious to the poor has lent to the L-rd, and He will pay him his reward.


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

יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְךָ כִּֽי־יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְאֶל־הֲ֝מִית֗וֹ אַל־תִּשָּׂ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Chastise thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Chastise your son, for there is hope, but do not turn your soul to killing him.


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

(גרל) [גְּֽדׇל־]חֵ֭מָה נֹ֣שֵׂא עֹ֑נֶשׁ כִּ֥י אִם־תַּ֝צִּ֗יל וְע֣וֹד תּוֹסִֽף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A man of great anger shall suffer the penalty; for if thou interpose, that shall only add to it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[If you] suppress [your] wrath [against your foe and] rescue [him when you see him] coming to harm, you will grow yet more [in years and in good].


###### Proverbs 19:20
[Proverbs 19:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:20)

שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְקַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayst be wise in thy latter end.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear counsel and accept chastisement in order to grow wise in your later days.


###### Proverbs 19:21
[Proverbs 19:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:21)

רַבּ֣וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹת בְּלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וַעֲצַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תָקֽוּם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There are many devices in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There are many thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of the L-rd, it will prevail.


###### Proverbs 19:22
[Proverbs 19:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:22)

תַּאֲוַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְטֽוֹב־רָ֝֗שׁ מֵאִ֥ישׁ כָּזָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The attraction of a man is his kindness: but a poor man is better than a liar.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A man is desired because of his [expected] lovingkindness, but a poor man [who does not promise at all] is better than a [rich] man who deceives.


###### Proverbs 19:23
[Proverbs 19:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:23)

יִרְאַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֣ה לְחַיִּ֑ים וְשָׂבֵ֥עַ יָ֝לִ֗ין בַּל־יִפָּ֥קֶד רָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The fear of the Lord tends to life: and he that has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fear of the L-rd is [(a cause)] for life, and he [(its possessor)] will rest sated and not be visited with [any] evil.


###### Proverbs 19:24
[Proverbs 19:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:24)

טָ֘מַ֤ן עָצֵ֣ל יָ֭דוֹ בַּצַּלָּ֑חַת גַּם־אֶל־פִּ֝֗יהוּ לֹ֣א יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A lazy man hides his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it back to his mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The lazy man hides his hand in the [hot] kettle [(to warm it)]; not even to his mouth does he return it.


###### Proverbs 19:25
[Proverbs 19:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:25)

לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי יַעְרִ֑ם וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ לְ֝נָב֗וֹן יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: but rebuke one that has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You smite the scoffer and the understanding one grows wise [(Through the plagues against Pharaoh and the war with Amalek Yithro grew wise and became a proselyte)]. Chastise the understanding one and he will understand [(even more)] knowledge.


###### Proverbs 19:26
[Proverbs 19:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:26)

מְֽשַׁדֶּד־אָ֭ב יַבְרִ֣יחַ אֵ֑ם בֵּ֝֗ן מֵבִ֥ישׁ וּמַחְפִּֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A son of scandalous and shameful ways shall ruin his father, and drive his mother away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He despoils [his] father and drives away [his] mother — a son who shames and confounds [his ways]. [(Because Sarah saw Yishmael corrupting his ways, she drove him out together with his mother, Hagar, grieving Abraham thereby)].


###### Proverbs 19:27
[Proverbs 19:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:27)

חֲֽדַל־בְּ֭נִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת מֵאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Forbear, my son, from straying from words of wisdom, in order to hear mussar.


###### Proverbs 19:28
[Proverbs 19:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:28)

עֵ֣ד בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָלִ֣יץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יְבַלַּע־אָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
An ungodly witness scorns justice: and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The perverse witness spouts justice, but blight will devour the mouth of the wicked.


###### Proverbs 19:29
[Proverbs 19:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/19:29)

נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Judgments are readied for the scoffers [(The L-rd has readied judgments of leprosy for the scoffing slanderers)], and blows for the backs of fools.