## Proverbs Chapter 24

###### Proverbs 24:1
[Proverbs 24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:1)

אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י רָעָ֑ה וְאַל־תִּ֝תְאָ֗ו לִֽהְי֥וֹת אִתָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not envy men of evil and do not desire to be with them.


###### Proverbs 24:2
[Proverbs 24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:2)

כִּי־שֹׁ֭ד יֶהְגֶּ֣ה לִבָּ֑ם וְ֝עָמָ֗ל שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥ם תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For their hearts contemplate spoil and their lips speak deceit.


###### Proverbs 24:3
[Proverbs 24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:3)

בְּ֭חׇכְמָה יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֑יִת וּ֝בִתְבוּנָ֗ה יִתְכּוֹנָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Through wisdom a house is built; and by understanding it is established:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let a house be built for wisdom's sake and let it be established for the sake of understanding.


###### Proverbs 24:4
[Proverbs 24:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:4)

וּ֭בְדַעַת חֲדָרִ֣ים יִמָּלְא֑וּ כׇּל־ה֖וֹן יָקָ֣ר וְנָעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And for the sake of knowledge let its chambers be filled with all dear and stately treasures.


###### Proverbs 24:5
[Proverbs 24:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:5)

גֶּבֶר־חָכָ֥ם בַּע֑וֹז וְאִֽישׁ־דַּ֝֗עַת מְאַמֶּץ־כֹּֽחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge increases strength.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The wise man is [always] steadfast and the man of knowledge increases strength.


###### Proverbs 24:6
[Proverbs 24:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:6)

כִּ֣י בְ֭תַחְבֻּלוֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֣ מִלְחָמָ֑ה וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה בְּרֹ֣ב יוֹעֵֽץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is victory.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For through [wisdom's] stratagems, you can wage war [against the evil inclination], and there is salvation in the increase of counsel.


###### Proverbs 24:7
[Proverbs 24:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:7)

רָאמ֣וֹת לֶאֱוִ֣יל חׇכְמ֑וֹת בַּ֝שַּׁ֗עַר לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wisdom it too high for a fool: he does not open his mouth in the gate.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Like a precious [(unattainable)] stone is wisdom to the fool, [and, therefore,] he will not open his mouth in the gate [of Torah. But the wise man learns a little each day].


###### Proverbs 24:8
[Proverbs 24:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:8)

מְחַשֵּׁ֥ב לְהָרֵ֑עַ ל֝֗וֹ בַּעַל־מְזִמּ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One who thinks to do evil will be called a plotter of wrong.


###### Proverbs 24:9
[Proverbs 24:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:9)

זִמַּ֣ת אִוֶּ֣לֶת חַטָּ֑את וְתוֹעֲבַ֖ת לְאָדָ֣ם לֵֽץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The devising of folly is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Plotting wrong is sin and levity abominates a man [(to the L-rd and to his fellow men)].


###### Proverbs 24:10
[Proverbs 24:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:10)

הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָ בְּי֥וֹם צָרָ֗ה צַ֣ר כֹּחֶֽכָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you have weakened [in helping your friend] in a day of affliction, your power [(to help yourself at such a time)] will be straitened.


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

הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַמָּ֑וֶת וּמָטִ֥ים לַ֝הֶ֗רֶג אִם־תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if thou forbear to rescue those who are drawn to death, and those who are ready to be slain;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[If you have weakened] from helping those who have been consigned to death, and if you desist from [helping] those who are inclined towards destruction.


###### Proverbs 24:12
[Proverbs 24:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:12)

כִּֽי־תֹאמַ֗ר הֵן֮ לֹא־יָדַ֢עְנ֫וּ זֶ֥ה הֲֽלֹא־תֹ֘כֵ֤ן לִבּ֨וֹת**׀** הֽוּא־יָבִ֗ין וְנֹצֵ֣ר נַ֭פְשְׁךָ ה֣וּא יֵדָ֑ע וְהֵשִׁ֖יב לְאָדָ֣ם כְּפׇעֳלֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if thou sayst, Behold, we knew it not, does not he who ponders the heart consider it? and he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? and shall he not render to every man according to his works?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Lest you say: "We did not know this" — does He who resides in the midst of hearts not understand? and does the Protector of your soul not know? And He recompenses a man according to his deeds.


###### Proverbs 24:13
[Proverbs 24:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:13)

אֱכׇל־בְּנִ֣י דְבַ֣שׁ כִּי־ט֑וֹב וְנֹ֥פֶת מָ֝ת֗וֹק עַל־חִכֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, eat honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Just as honey [-food] is good, my son, and just as [you put] drippings of sweet things to your palate,


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

כֵּ֤ן**׀** דְּעֶ֥ה חׇכְמָ֗ה לְנַ֫פְשֶׁ֥ךָ אִם־מָ֭צָאתָ וְיֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
know that such is wisdom for thy soul! when hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So, know wisdom for your soul. If you have found it, it has a [goodly] consummation, and your hope [of reward] will not be cut off.


###### Proverbs 24:15
[Proverbs 24:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:15)

אַל־תֶּאֱרֹ֣ב רָ֭שָׁע לִנְוֵ֣ה צַדִּ֑יק אַֽל־תְּשַׁדֵּ֥ד רִבְצֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not plunder his resting place:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not lurk, you evildoer, near the habitation of the righteous one [(hoping to secure it when he falls upon hard times)]. Do not steal the place where he reclines.


###### Proverbs 24:16
[Proverbs 24:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:16)

כִּ֤י שֶׁ֨בַע**׀** יִפּ֣וֹל צַדִּ֣יק וָקָ֑ם וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ בְרָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for a just man falls seven times, and yet rises up again: but the wicked stumble into mischief.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [though] the righteous one fall seven times, he will rise [again], and the wicked will stumble [(not to rise again)] when evil [comes upon them].


###### Proverbs 24:17
[Proverbs 24:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:17)

בִּנְפֹ֣ל (אויביך) [א֭וֹיִבְךָ] אַל־תִּשְׂמָ֑ח וּ֝בִכָּשְׁל֗וֹ אַל־יָגֵ֥ל לִבֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not rejoice when thy enemy falls, and do not let thy heart be glad when he stumbles:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When your foe falls, do not rejoice, and when he stumbles, let your heart not be merry.


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

פֶּן־יִרְאֶ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה וְרַ֣ע בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְהֵשִׁ֖יב מֵעָלָ֣יו אַפּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Lest the L-rd see, and it be evil in His eyes, and He turn His wrath from him [onto you].


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

אַל־תִּתְחַ֥ר בַּמְּרֵעִ֑ים אַל־תְּ֝קַנֵּ֗א בָּֽרְשָׁעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Fret not thyself because of evil men, nor be envious at the wicked;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not emulate evildoers; do not envy the wicked.


###### Proverbs 24:20
[Proverbs 24:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:20)

כִּ֤י**׀** לֹא־תִהְיֶ֣ה אַחֲרִ֣ית לָרָ֑ע נֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For there will be no endurance to evil; the light of the wicked will be extinguished.


###### Proverbs 24:21
[Proverbs 24:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:21)

יְרָא־אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּנִ֣י וָמֶ֑לֶךְ עִם־שׁ֝וֹנִ֗ים אַל־תִּתְעָרָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and do not meddle with them who are given to change:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fear the L-rd, my son, and the king [— so long as the second does not detract from the first]. Do not mingle with variegators [(those who posit a variety of deities)].


###### Proverbs 24:22
[Proverbs 24:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:22)

כִּֽי־פִ֭תְאֹם יָק֣וּם אֵידָ֑ם וּפִ֥יד שְׁ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם מִ֣י יוֹדֵֽעַ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For their destruction will suddenly arise, and who knows [the extent of] the breaking of both [the idols and the idolators]?


###### Proverbs 24:23
[Proverbs 24:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:23)

גַּם־אֵ֥לֶּה לַחֲכָמִ֑ים הַֽכֵּר־פָּנִ֖ים בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט בַּל־טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
These words also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
These things, too, [(which follow)] are intended for the wise [that sit in judgment], that they not show favoritism in judgment, [for] it is not good [to do so].


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

אֹ֤מֵ֨ר**׀** לְרָשָׁע֮ צַדִּ֢יק אָ֥֫תָּה יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ עַמִּ֑ים יִזְעָמ֥וּהוּ לְאֻמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who says to the wicked, Thou art in the right; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He who says to the wicked one: "You are righteous" will be cursed by the peoples, will be anathematized by the nations.


###### Proverbs 24:25
[Proverbs 24:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:25)

וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים יִנְעָ֑ם וַ֝עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם תָּב֥וֹא בִרְכַּת־טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but those who rebuke the wicked shall have delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But for the reprovers it will be accounted pleasant [(to say: "You are essentially good, but …")], and a goodly blessing will come upon them.


###### Proverbs 24:26
[Proverbs 24:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:26)

שְׂפָתַ֥יִם יִשָּׁ֑ק מֵ֝שִׁ֗יב דְּבָרִ֥ים נְכֹחִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Like a kiss on the lips, it is when one gives a right answer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[All] lips should kiss one who returns right answers.


###### Proverbs 24:27
[Proverbs 24:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:27)

הָ֘כֵ֤ן בַּח֨וּץ**׀** מְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָ וְעַתְּדָ֣הּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֣ה לָ֑ךְ אַ֝חַ֗ר וּבָנִ֥יתָ בֵיתֶֽךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Prepare thy work outside, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Prepare your work outside [(Acquire fields and vineyards)], and put livestock in your field, and then, build your house [i.e., take a wife].


###### Proverbs 24:28
[Proverbs 24:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:28)

אַל־תְּהִ֣י עֵד־חִנָּ֣ם בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not offer vain testimony for your friend, that you [not] be enticed [for him] by your lips.


###### Proverbs 24:29
[Proverbs 24:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:29)

אַל־תֹּאמַ֗ר כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָֽשָׂה־לִ֭י כֵּ֤ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּ֑וֹ אָשִׁ֖יב לָאִ֣ישׁ כְּפׇעֳלֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not say, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his deeds.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not say: "As he has done for me, so will I do for him — I will reward a man according to his acts."


###### Proverbs 24:30
[Proverbs 24:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:30)

עַל־שְׂדֵ֣ה אִישׁ־עָצֵ֣ל עָבַ֑רְתִּי וְעַל־כֶּ֝֗רֶם אָדָ֥ם חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I went by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I passed by the field of a lazy man [(one who does not review his learning)], and by the vineyard of a man lacking a heart.


###### Proverbs 24:31
[Proverbs 24:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:31)

וְהִנֵּ֨ה עָ֘לָ֤ה כֻלּ֨וֹ**׀** קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים כׇּסּ֣וּ פָנָ֣יו חֲרֻלִּ֑ים וְגֶ֖דֶר אֲבָנָ֣יו נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered it over, and its stone wall was broken down.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns; nettles had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down. [(If one does not review his learning, first he forgets the broad outlines, then he confuses the statements of the sages, interchanging "clean" with "unclean," and vice versa, and, ultimately, "destroying the world.")]


###### Proverbs 24:32
[Proverbs 24:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:32)

וָאֶחֱזֶ֣ה אָ֭נֹכִי אָשִׁ֣ית לִבִּ֑י רָ֝אִ֗יתִי לָקַ֥חְתִּי מוּסָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when I saw this, I set my heart [to understand it]; and when I saw, I took instruction:


###### Proverbs 24:33
[Proverbs 24:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:33)

מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט**׀** חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to recline,


###### Proverbs 24:34
[Proverbs 24:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/24:34)

וּבָֽא־מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so shall thy poverty come like a marauder; and thy want like an armed man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then your impoverishments will come as a runner, and your wants, as an armed man.