## Proverbs Chapter 2

###### Proverbs 2:1
[Proverbs 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:1)

בְּ֭נִי אִם־תִּקַּ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and treasure up my commandments with thee;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[The L-rd says: I will deem you] My son if you take My words [to heart] and store up My mitzvoth with you.


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

לְהַקְשִׁ֣יב לַחׇכְמָ֣ה אׇזְנֶ֑ךָ תַּטֶּ֥ה לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לַתְּבוּנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding indeed,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[My words are] that your ears listen to wisdom [Torah] and incline your heart to understanding.


###### Proverbs 2:3
[Proverbs 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:3)

כִּ֤י אִ֣ם לַבִּינָ֣ה תִקְרָ֑א לַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗ה תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if thou criest after wisdom, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When you call out to understanding, when you put forth your voice for understanding —


###### Proverbs 2:4
[Proverbs 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:4)

אִם־תְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּה כַכָּ֑סֶף וְֽכַמַּטְמוֹנִ֥ים תַּחְפְּשֶֽׂנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if thou seekest her like silver, and searchest for her as for hidden treasures;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you seek for it as silver, if you search for it as hidden treasure —


###### Proverbs 2:5
[Proverbs 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:5)

אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then you will understand the fear of the L-rd and find the knowledge of G-d.


###### Proverbs 2:6
[Proverbs 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:6)

כִּֽי־יְ֭הֹוָה יִתֵּ֣ן חׇכְמָ֑ה מִ֝פִּ֗יו דַּ֣עַת וּתְבוּנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord gives wisdom: out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And this, indeed, warrants the effort of acquisition)] for the L-rd [Himself] gives wisdom; from His mouth is knowledge and understanding.


###### Proverbs 2:7
[Proverbs 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:7)

(וצפן) [יִצְפֹּ֣ן] לַ֭יְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּ֑ה מָ֝גֵ֗ן לְהֹ֣לְכֵי תֹֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to those who walk uprightly,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He hid Torah for the just [(He secreted it with Himself for twenty-six generations until He gave it to the generation of the desert.)] It is a shield for those who walk in innocence,


###### Proverbs 2:8
[Proverbs 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:8)

לִ֭נְצֹר אׇרְח֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ חֲסִידָ֣ו יִשְׁמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to keep the paths of justice; and he preserves the way of his pious ones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[to teach them] to observe the paths of justice; and He will guard the way of His saints [(that they not stumble)].


###### Proverbs 2:9
[Proverbs 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:9)

אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין צֶ֣דֶק וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝מֵישָׁרִ֗ים כׇּל־מַעְגַּל־טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and justice and equity, every good path:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then you will understand charity, justice, and justness [viz. 1:3] — every good path.


###### Proverbs 2:10
[Proverbs 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:10)

כִּֽי־תָב֣וֹא חׇכְמָ֣ה בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝דַ֗עַת לְֽנַפְשְׁךָ֥ יִנְעָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for wisdom shall enter thy heart, and knowledge be pleasant to thy soul;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When wisdom enters your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul,


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

מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗יךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then Torah will watch over you; understanding will guard you.


###### Proverbs 2:12
[Proverbs 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:12)

לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ רָ֑ע מֵ֝אִ֗ישׁ מְדַבֵּ֥ר תַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man who speaks perverse things;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To save you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks contraries.


###### Proverbs 2:13
[Proverbs 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:13)

הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אׇרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת בְּדַרְכֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
From those who forsake just paths to walk in ways of darkness.


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

הַ֭שְּׂמֵחִים לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָ֑ע יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ בְּֽתַהְפֻּכ֥וֹת רָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who are happy in the doing of evil, who rejoice in evil contrariness,


###### Proverbs 2:15
[Proverbs 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:15)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אׇרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
whose ways are crooked, and who are underhand in their paths:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Whose ways are crooked and who are crooked in their ways —


###### Proverbs 2:16
[Proverbs 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:16)

לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נׇּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to deliver thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman who speaks so smoothly;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To save you from the strange woman [(idolatry)], from the foreign woman, who smooths over her words.


###### Proverbs 2:17
[Proverbs 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:17)

הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת־בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who forsakes the master [(the husband)] of her youth and forgets the covenant of her G-d.


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

כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל־מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to 2:16)] for her house descends [i.e., causes you to descend] to death, and her paths, to the shades [(and Torah will guard you from this fall)].


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

כׇּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אׇרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
None that go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All who come to her will not return, and will not attain the paths of life.


###### Proverbs 2:20
[Proverbs 2:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:20)

לְמַ֗עַן תֵּ֭לֵךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְאׇרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that thou mayst walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to 2:12)] So that you walk in the way of the good and heed the path of the righteous.


###### Proverbs 2:21
[Proverbs 2:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:21)

כִּֽי־יְשָׁרִ֥ים יִשְׁכְּנוּ־אָ֑רֶץ וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים יִוָּ֥תְרוּ בָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the innocent shall remain in it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the just will dwell in the land [(in the world to come)], and the innocent will remain in it [(when the wicked descend to Gehinnom)].


###### Proverbs 2:22
[Proverbs 2:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/2:22)

וּ֭רְשָׁעִים מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יִכָּרֵ֑תוּ וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים יִסְּח֥וּ מִמֶּֽנָּה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the faithless shall be rooted out of it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the faithless uprooted from it.