## Proverbs Chapter 3

###### Proverbs 3:1
[Proverbs 3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:1)

בְּ֭נִי תּוֹרָתִ֣י אַל־תִּשְׁכָּ֑ח וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י יִצֹּ֥ר לִבֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, forget not my Tora; but let thy heart keep my commandments:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My son, do not forget my Torah, and let your heart guard my mitzvoth.


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

כִּ֤י אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים וּשְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּ֑ים וְ֝שָׁל֗וֹם יוֹסִ֥יפוּ לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For length of days and years of life, and peace will they bequeath to you.


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

חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶ֗ת אַֽל־יַ֫עַזְבֻ֥ךָ קׇשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָ כׇּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let not loyal love and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let lovingkindness and truth not forsake you. Entwine them around your throat; inscribe them on the tablet of your heart.


###### Proverbs 3:4
[Proverbs 3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:4)

וּמְצָא־חֵ֥ן וְשֵֽׂכֶל־ט֑וֹב בְּעֵינֵ֖י אֱלֹהִ֣ים וְאָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so shalt thou find grace and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you will find favor and [(be regarded as possessing)] goodly wisdom in the eyes of G-d and man.


###### Proverbs 3:5
[Proverbs 3:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:5)

בְּטַ֣ח אֶל־יְ֭הֹוָה בְּכׇל־לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְאֶל־בִּ֥֝ינָתְךָ֗ אַל־תִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Trust in the Lord with all thy heart; and do not lean upon thy own understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Trust to the L-rd with all your heart [(and spend liberally to find a teacher to learn from)], and do not rely upon your own understanding.


###### Proverbs 3:6
[Proverbs 3:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:6)

בְּכׇל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ דָעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝ה֗וּא יְיַשֵּׁ֥ר אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In all of your ways know Him, and He will straighten your paths.


###### Proverbs 3:7
[Proverbs 3:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:7)

אַל־תְּהִ֣י חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ יְרָ֥א אֶת־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה וְס֣וּר מֵרָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not be wise in your own eyes [(to spurn the reproof of your chastisers)]; fear the L-rd and depart from evil.


###### Proverbs 3:8
[Proverbs 3:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:8)

רִ֭פְאוּת תְּהִ֣י לְשׇׁרֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For it [wisdom] is healing to your navel and marrow to your bones.


###### Proverbs 3:9
[Proverbs 3:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:9)

כַּבֵּ֣ד אֶת־יְ֭הֹוָה מֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗ית כׇּל־תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thy increase:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Honor the L-rd from [all] that He has bequeathed to you [(even a pleasing voice)], and from the first of all your produce.


###### Proverbs 3:10
[Proverbs 3:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:10)

וְיִמָּלְא֣וּ אֲסָמֶ֣יךָ שָׂבָ֑ע וְ֝תִיר֗וֹשׁ יְקָבֶ֥יךָ יִפְרֹֽצוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall burst with new wine.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And your silos will be filled to satiety, and your vats will burst forth with wine.


###### Proverbs 3:11
[Proverbs 3:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:11)

מוּסַ֣ר יְ֭הֹוָה בְּנִ֣י אַל־תִּמְאָ֑ס וְאַל־תָּ֝קֹ֗ץ בְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord; nor be weary of his correction:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The afflictions of the L-rd, my son, do not despise, and do not reject His chastisement.


###### Proverbs 3:12
[Proverbs 3:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:12)

כִּ֤י אֶ֥ת־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶאֱהַ֣ב יְהֹוָ֣ה יוֹכִ֑יחַ וּ֝כְאָ֗ב אֶת־בֵּ֥ן יִרְצֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for the Lord reproves him whom he loves: even as a father the son in whom he delights.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For whom the L-rd loves, He chastises, and [(afterwards He conciliates him)] as a father conciliates [his] son.


###### Proverbs 3:13
[Proverbs 3:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:13)

אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם מָצָ֣א חׇכְמָ֑ה וְ֝אָדָ֗ם יָפִ֥יק תְּבוּנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Happy is the man who has found wisdom and the man who [is so conversant with it that he] "spouts" understanding.


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

כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב סַ֭חְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּ֑סֶף וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For better is its commerce [i.e., its interchange] than the commerce of silver [(for in the latter instance, one takes one commodity, and the other, another; but in the instance of wisdom, both [(ideas)] remain with each)], and its produce is better than fine gold.


###### Proverbs 3:15
[Proverbs 3:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:15)

יְקָ֣רָה הִ֭יא (מפניים) [מִפְּנִינִ֑ים] וְכׇל־חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is more precious than pearls, and all of your desires do not equal it [(in worth)].


###### Proverbs 3:16
[Proverbs 3:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:16)

אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ עֹ֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand are riches and honour.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is length of days [(and, it goes without saying, wealth and honor)] in its right hand [i.e., to those who pursue it for its own sake]; wealth and honor [(but not length of days)] in its left hand [i.e., to those who do not pursue it for its own sake].


###### Proverbs 3:17
[Proverbs 3:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:17)

דְּרָכֶ֥יהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹ֑עַם וְֽכׇל־נְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣יהָ שָׁלֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Its ways are ways of pleasantness and all of its paths are peace.


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

עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold on her: and happy are those who hold her fast.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It is a tree of life to those who hold fast to it, and those who bolster it are fortunate.


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

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה בְּחׇכְמָ֥ה יָסַד־אָ֑רֶץ כּוֹנֵ֥ן שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם בִּתְבוּנָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he estab­lished the heavens.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The L-rd with wisdom [Torah] founded the earth; He established the heavens with understanding [Torah].


###### Proverbs 3:20
[Proverbs 3:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:20)

בְּ֭דַעְתּוֹ תְּהוֹמ֣וֹת נִבְקָ֑עוּ וּ֝שְׁחָקִ֗ים יִרְעֲפוּ־טָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By his knowledge the depths were broken up, and the clouds drop down dew.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Through its [Torah's] knowledge, the depths were cleaved, and the heavens dripped dew.


###### Proverbs 3:21
[Proverbs 3:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:21)

בְּ֭נִי אַל־יָלֻ֣זוּ מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ נְצֹ֥ר תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה וּמְזִמָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, let them not depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Therefore, the entire world having been created through Torah,] do not let it depart from your eyes. Heed [it in] act and thought.


###### Proverbs 3:22
[Proverbs 3:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:22)

וְיִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְנַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְ֝חֵ֗ן לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they [(the Torah's wisdom, knowledge, etc.)] will be life to your soul and grace to your throat.


###### Proverbs 3:23
[Proverbs 3:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:23)

אָ֤ז תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לָבֶ֣טַח דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝רַגְלְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִגּֽוֹף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then you will walk your way securely and your foot will not stumble.


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

אִם־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב לֹֽא־תִפְחָ֑ד וְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗ וְֽעָרְבָ֥ה שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: indeed, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When you lie down, you will not fear, and when you recline, your sleep will be pleasant.


###### Proverbs 3:25
[Proverbs 3:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:25)

אַל־תִּ֭ירָא מִפַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹ֑ם וּמִשֹּׁאַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים כִּ֣י תָבֹֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[For] you will not fear a sudden fright or the destruction of the wicked when it comes.


###### Proverbs 3:26
[Proverbs 3:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:26)

כִּֽי־יְ֭הֹוָה יִֽהְיֶ֣ה בְכִסְלֶ֑ךָ וְשָׁמַ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣ מִלָּֽכֶד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being caught.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the L-rd will be with you in your trust, and He will guard your feet from entrapment.


###### Proverbs 3:27
[Proverbs 3:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:27)

אַל־תִּמְנַע־ט֥וֹב מִבְּעָלָ֑יו בִּֽהְי֨וֹת לְאֵ֖ל (ידיך) [יָדְךָ֣] לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Withhold not good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not withhold good from its owners [(i.e., if your neighbor wants to help the poor, do not stop him)] if you have the power to do [so].


###### Proverbs 3:28
[Proverbs 3:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:28)

אַל־תֹּ֘אמַ֤ר (לרעיך) [לְרֵעֲךָ֨**׀**] לֵ֣ךְ וָ֭שׁוּב וּמָחָ֥ר אֶתֵּ֗ן וְיֵ֣שׁ אִתָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Say not to thy neighbour, Go, and come back, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And] do not tell your [poor] friend: "Go, and return, and tomorrow I will give [it to you]," if you have it [now].


###### Proverbs 3:29
[Proverbs 3:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:29)

אַל־תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ עַל־רֵעֲךָ֣ רָעָ֑ה וְהֽוּא־יוֹשֵׁ֖ב לָבֶ֣טַח אִתָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not devise evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwells securely by thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not plot evil against your friend. Does he not dwell trustingly with you?


###### Proverbs 3:30
[Proverbs 3:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:30)

אַל־[תָּרִ֣יב] (תרוב) עִם־אָדָ֣ם חִנָּ֑ם אִם־לֹ֖א גְמָלְךָ֣ רָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not strive with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not [bring a] quarrel [i.e., a complaint] upon a man in vain, if he has not done you evil [(it being written [Leviticus 19:18]: "And you shall love your fellow as yourself.")]


###### Proverbs 3:31
[Proverbs 3:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:31)

אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס וְאַל־תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר בְּכׇל־דְּרָכָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not envy the man of violence [(to do as he does if you see him prospering)], and do not choose any of his ways.


###### Proverbs 3:32
[Proverbs 3:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:32)

כִּ֤י תוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֣ה נָל֑וֹז וְֽאֶת־יְשָׁרִ֥ים סוֹדֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the underhand man is abomination to the Lord: and he shares his counsel with the righteous.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the abomination of the L-rd is the crooked one, and His counsel is with the just.


###### Proverbs 3:33
[Proverbs 3:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:33)

מְאֵרַ֣ת יְ֭הֹוָה בְּבֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע וּנְוֵ֖ה צַדִּיקִ֣ים יְבָרֵֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The blight of the L-rd is in the house of the wicked, and He blesses the abode of the righteous.


###### Proverbs 3:34
[Proverbs 3:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:34)

אִם־לַלֵּצִ֥ים הֽוּא־יָלִ֑יץ (ולעניים) [וְ֝לַעֲנָוִ֗ים] יִתֶּן־חֵֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the humble.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If one follows scoffers, he [himself] will scoff with them, and if [he follows] the humble, he will give [i.e., project] favor [i.e., his deeds will find favor in the eyes of men].


###### Proverbs 3:35
[Proverbs 3:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/3:35)

כָּ֭בוֹד חֲכָמִ֣ים יִנְחָ֑לוּ וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מֵרִ֥ים קָלֽוֹן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wise shall inherit honour: but fools shall get shame.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The wise inherit honor and the fools reap shame [for themselves].