## Proverbs Chapter 4

###### Proverbs 4:1
[Proverbs 4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:1)

שִׁמְע֣וּ בָ֭נִים מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ לָדַ֥עַת בִּינָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear, children, the Father's mussar, and listen to know understanding.


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

כִּ֤י לֶ֣קַח ט֭וֹב נָתַ֣תִּי לָכֶ֑ם תּ֝וֹרָתִ֗י אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹֽבוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I give you good doctrine, forsake not my Tora.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"For I [(says the prophet, speaking in the name of the L-rd)] have given you a goodly acquisition; do not forsake My Torah."


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

כִּֽי־בֵ֭ן הָיִ֣יתִי לְאָבִ֑י רַ֥ךְ וְ֝יָחִ֗יד לִפְנֵ֥י אִמִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I was my father’s son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I was a son to my Father [viz. II Samuel 7:14], a tender and only (child) before my mother [i.e., select and beloved by my people].


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

וַיֹּרֵ֗נִי וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֗י יִֽתְמׇךְ־דְּבָרַ֥י לִבֶּ֑ךָ שְׁמֹ֖ר מִצְוֺתַ֣י וֶחְיֵֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart hold fast to my words: keep my commandments, and live.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He taught me and He said to me: My words will sustain your heart; heed My mitzvoth and live.


###### Proverbs 4:5
[Proverbs 4:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:5)

קְנֵ֣ה חׇ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה בִינָ֑ה אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח וְאַל־תֵּ֝֗ט מֵאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Get wisdom, get understanding: do not forget it; nor decline from the words of my mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget and do not stray from the words of My mouth.


###### Proverbs 4:6
[Proverbs 4:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:6)

אַל־תַּעַזְבֶ֥הָ וְתִשְׁמְרֶ֑ךָּ אֱהָבֶ֥הָ וְתִצְּרֶֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not forsake her, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not forsake it [Torah], and it will guard you; love it, and it will protect you.


###### Proverbs 4:7
[Proverbs 4:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:7)

רֵאשִׁ֣ית חׇ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה חׇכְמָ֑ה וּבְכׇל־קִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗ קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The beginning of wisdom is, Get wisdom: therefore use all your means to acquire understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The first of [your] wisdom [is to] acquire wisdom [from your teacher], and [afterwards,] in all of your acquisitions, acquire understanding [(of one thing from another)].


###### Proverbs 4:8
[Proverbs 4:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:8)

סַלְסְלֶ֥הָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּ תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָ כִּ֣י תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Search it [(wisdom)] out and it will uplift you; it will honor you when you embrace it.


###### Proverbs 4:9
[Proverbs 4:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:9)

תִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ לִוְיַת־חֵ֑ן עֲטֶ֖רֶת תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת תְּמַגְּנֶֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she bestow on thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
It will set upon your head a chaplet of grace; it will bestow a crown of glory upon you.


###### Proverbs 4:10
[Proverbs 4:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:10)

שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי וְקַ֣ח אֲמָרָ֑י וְיִרְבּ֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear my son and take My words, and they will add years of life unto you.


###### Proverbs 4:11
[Proverbs 4:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:11)

בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ חׇ֭כְמָה הֹרֵיתִ֑יךָ הִ֝דְרַכְתִּ֗יךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־יֹֽשֶׁר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of rectitude.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in just paths.


###### Proverbs 4:12
[Proverbs 4:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:12)

בְּֽ֭לֶכְתְּךָ לֹא־יֵצַ֣ר צַעֲדֶ֑ךָ וְאִם־תָּ֝ר֗וּץ לֹ֣א תִכָּשֵֽׁל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When thou goest, thy steps shall not be confined; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When you walk, your steps will not be constricted [(so that you will not fall)], and when you run, you will not stumble.


###### Proverbs 4:13
[Proverbs 4:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:13)

הַחֲזֵ֣ק בַּמּוּסָ֣ר אַל־תֶּ֑רֶף נִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָ כִּי־הִ֥יא חַיֶּֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hold fast to mussar [(Torah)]; do not let it go. Guard it, for it is your life.


###### Proverbs 4:14
[Proverbs 4:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:14)

בְּאֹ֣רַח רְ֭שָׁעִים אַל־תָּבֹ֑א וְאַל־תְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗ר בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ רָעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not enter into the path of the wicked, and do not go in the way of evil men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not come to the path of the wicked, and do not tread in the way of the evildoers.


###### Proverbs 4:15
[Proverbs 4:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:15)

פְּרָעֵ֥הוּ אַל־תַּעֲבׇר־בּ֑וֹ שְׂטֵ֖ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וַעֲבֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass on.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Shun it; do not cross it. Veer away from it and pass on.


###### Proverbs 4:16
[Proverbs 4:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:16)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֑עוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה שְׁ֝נָתָ֗ם אִם־לֹ֥א (יכשולו) [יַכְשִֽׁילוּ]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For they [(those who walk upon it)] do not sleep if they do no evil; their sleep is stolen if they cause no stumbling.


###### Proverbs 4:17
[Proverbs 4:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:17)

כִּ֣י לָ֭חֲמוּ לֶ֣חֶם רֶ֑שַׁע וְיֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.


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

וְאֹ֣רַח צַ֭דִּיקִים כְּא֣וֹר נֹ֑גַהּ הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וָ֝א֗וֹר עַד־נְכ֥וֹן הַיּֽוֹם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the path of just men is like the gleam of sunlight, that shines ever more brightly until the height of noonday.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But the path of the righteous is as the shining light [of day], growing in brightness until the day is fast [i.e., until mid-day].


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

דֶּ֣רֶךְ רְ֭שָׁעִים כָּאֲפֵלָ֑ה לֹ֥א יָ֝דְע֗וּ בַּמֶּ֥ה יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But the way of the wicked is as pitch darkness; they know not what they stumble on.


###### Proverbs 4:20
[Proverbs 4:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:20)

בְּ֭נִי לִדְבָרַ֣י הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה לַ֝אֲמָרַ֗י הַט־אׇזְנֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My son, listen to My words; incline your ear to My exhortations.


###### Proverbs 4:21
[Proverbs 4:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:21)

אַל־יַלִּ֥יזוּ מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ שׇׁ֝מְרֵ֗ם בְּת֣וֹךְ לְבָבֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let them not depart from your eyes; guard them within your heart.


###### Proverbs 4:22
[Proverbs 4:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:22)

כִּֽי־חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑ם וּֽלְכׇל־בְּשָׂר֥וֹ מַרְפֵּֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For they are life to him who finds them, and healing to all his flesh.


###### Proverbs 4:23
[Proverbs 4:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:23)

מִֽכׇּל־מִ֭שְׁמָר נְצֹ֣ר לִבֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ תּוֹצְא֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Keep thy heart with the greatest vigilance; for out of it are the issues of life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
From every guarding [(From everything of which the Torah said: "Guard yourself")], guard your heart [(whether it be a slight or a severe transgression)], for from it [(i.e., even from the seemingly slight one)] are the issues [(reward and punishment, respectively,)] of life.


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

הָסֵ֣ר מִ֭מְּךָ עִקְּשׁ֣וּת פֶּ֑ה וּלְז֥וּת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם הַרְחֵ֥ק מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Put away from thee a dissembling mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remove from yourself crooking of the mouth [(of others in derision of your deeds)]; and widening of the lips [in condemnation of you] keep far from you.


###### Proverbs 4:25
[Proverbs 4:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:25)

עֵ֭ינֶיךָ לְנֹ֣כַח יַבִּ֑יטוּ וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ יַיְשִׁ֥רוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let your eyes look before you [(for the straight and the true)], and your lids will straighten [the path] before you.


###### Proverbs 4:26
[Proverbs 4:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:26)

פַּ֭לֵּס מַעְגַּ֣ל רַגְלֶ֑ךָ וְֽכׇל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ יִכֹּֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Make even the path of thy foot, and let all thy ways be firm.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Weigh the path of your feet [(the loss of a mitzvah against its reward; the "reward" of a transgression against its omission)], and all of your ways will be [correctly] established.


###### Proverbs 4:27
[Proverbs 4:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/4:27)

אַֽל־תֵּט־יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול הָסֵ֖ר רַגְלְךָ֣ מֵרָֽע׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not turn to the right hand or to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not turn right or left [(from the just weight)]; remove your feet from evil.