## Proverbs Chapter 6

###### Proverbs 6:1
[Proverbs 6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:1)

בְּ֭נִי אִם־עָרַ֣בְתָּ לְרֵעֶ֑ךָ תָּקַ֖עְתָּ לַזָּ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy palms for a stranger,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My son, if you have gone security for your friend; if you have put forth your hand [in pledge] for a stranger,


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

נוֹקַ֥שְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יךָ נִ֝לְכַּ֗דְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, caught with the sayings of thy mouth:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Or if] you have been trapped by the words of your mouth, you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth.


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

עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא׀בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י־בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, abase thyself, and importune thy neighbour.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do this, then, my son, and be saved; for you have fallen into your friend's hand. Go and free [your] palm [i.e., pay him his money]; and [(if you owe him no money, but "have been trapped by the words of your mouth," to speak harshly against him,)] then multiply your friends [i.e., send many friends to him to ask him to forgive you].


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

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give no sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Give no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your lids.


###### Proverbs 6:5
[Proverbs 6:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:5)

הִ֭נָּצֵל כִּצְבִ֣י מִיָּ֑ד וּ֝כְצִפּ֗וֹר מִיַּ֥ד יָקֽוּשׁ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Deliver thyself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Rescue yourself [from there] as the deer from the hand [of the hunter], and as the bird from the [fowler's] snare.


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

לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Go to the ant, you sluggard; see its ways and grow wise.


###### Proverbs 6:7
[Proverbs 6:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:7)

אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
which having no guide, overseer, or ruler;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Though there is no officer, or guard, or ruler over her [to spur her on or to keep one ant from stealing from the other],


###### Proverbs 6:8
[Proverbs 6:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:8)

תָּכִ֣ין בַּקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Still, she prepares her [own] food in the summer and stores up her [own] food in the harvest time.


###### Proverbs 6:9
[Proverbs 6:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:9)

עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל׀תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long will you recline, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?


###### Proverbs 6:10
[Proverbs 6:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:10)

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 6:11
[Proverbs 6:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:11)

וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹרְךָ֗ 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:**
And your poverty [(in Torah)] will arrive as an unexpected guest, and your want as a shielded warrior [to defend his master].


###### Proverbs 6:12
[Proverbs 6:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:12)

אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A base person, a wicked man, is one that walks with a crowed mouth,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The faithless man is a man of wrong, walking with contorted mouth [(in slanderous intent)].


###### Proverbs 6:13
[Proverbs 6:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:13)

קֹרֵ֣ץ בְּ֭עֵינָו מֹלֵ֣ל בְּרַגְלָ֑ו מֹ֝רֶ֗ה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that winks with his eyes, that taps with his feet, that points with his fingers;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He winks with his eyes, "speaks" with his feet, points with his fingers.


###### Proverbs 6:14
[Proverbs 6:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:14)

תַּ֥הְפֻּכ֨וֹת**׀** בְּלִבּ֗וֹ חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּכׇל־עֵ֑ת (מדנים) [מִדְיָנִ֥ים] יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
perverseness is in his heart; he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There are contraries in his heart. He plots evil all the time and stirs up strife [(between man and his Creator)].


###### Proverbs 6:15
[Proverbs 6:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:15)

עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, his undoing will come with suddenness; he will be broken in an instant, not to be healed.


###### Proverbs 6:16
[Proverbs 6:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:16)

שֶׁשׁ־הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהֹוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע (תועבות) [תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת] נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There are six things which the Lord hates, and seven which are an abomination to him:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
These six are hated by the L-rd, and the seventh is the abomination of His soul:


###### Proverbs 6:17
[Proverbs 6:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:17)

עֵינַ֣יִם רָ֭מוֹת לְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝יָדַ֗יִם שֹׁפְכ֥וֹת דָּם־נָקִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Haughty eyes, a false tongue, and hands spilling innocent blood,


###### Proverbs 6:18
[Proverbs 6:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:18)

לֵ֗ב חֹ֭רֵשׁ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָ֑וֶן רַגְלַ֥יִם מְ֝מַהֲר֗וֹת לָר֥וּץ לָרָעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a heart that devises wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A heart plotting vain thoughts, feet hastening to run to evil,


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

יָפִ֣יחַ כְּ֭זָבִים עֵ֣ד שָׁ֑קֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ מְ֝דָנִ֗ים בֵּ֣ין אַחִֽים׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
a false witness that breathes out lies, and one that sows discord among brethren.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A false witness spouting lies, and the inciter of strife among brothers.


###### Proverbs 6:20
[Proverbs 6:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:20)

נְצֹ֣ר בְּ֭נִי מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the Tora of thy mother:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Heed, my son, the command of your father, and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.


###### Proverbs 6:21
[Proverbs 6:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:21)

קׇשְׁרֵ֣ם עַל־לִבְּךָ֣ תָמִ֑יד עׇ֝נְדֵ֗ם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Tie them to your heart; entwine them around your throat.


###### Proverbs 6:22
[Proverbs 6:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:22)

בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨**׀** תַּנְחֶ֬ה אֹתָ֗ךְ בְּֽ֭שׇׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר עָלֶ֑יךָ וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ הִ֣יא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou liest down, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In your going [i.e., in your life], it shall guide you. In your lying down [(in the grave)], it shall guard you. And when you awake [(at the resurrection)], it will speak for you [(i.e., in your behalf)].


###### Proverbs 6:23
[Proverbs 6:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:23)

כִּ֤י נֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה וְת֣וֹרָה א֑וֹר וְדֶ֥רֶךְ חַ֝יִּ֗ים תּוֹכְח֥וֹת מוּסָֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the commandment is a lamp; and Tora is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For a mitzvah is a lamp [(which illumines for a given time)], and Torah is light [(which illumines forever)], and the chastisements of mussar are [(what impel a man to)] the road of life.


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

לִ֭שְׁמׇרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נׇכְרִיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the tongue of an alien.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To guard you from an evil woman [(idolatry)], from the sealing [of your eyes] by the foreign woman's tongue.


###### Proverbs 6:25
[Proverbs 6:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:25)

אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יׇ֭פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קָּחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; nor let her take thee with her eyelids.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not lust her beauty in your heart, and let her not take you [i.e., your wisdom] with [the winking of] her lids.


###### Proverbs 6:26
[Proverbs 6:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:26)

כִּ֤י בְעַד־אִשָּׁ֥ה זוֹנָ֗ה עַֽד־כִּכַּ֫ר־לָ֥חֶם וְאֵ֥שֶׁת אִ֑ישׁ נֶ֖פֶשׁ יְקָרָ֣ה תָצֽוּד׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [lust] for a harlot [reduces one] to [begging for] a loaf of bread, and the adulterous woman ensnares the precious soul.


###### Proverbs 6:27
[Proverbs 6:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:27)

הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will a man draw forth fire into his lap and his clothes not be burned?


###### Proverbs 6:28
[Proverbs 6:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:28)

אִם־יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝רַגְלָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will a man walk on coals and his feet not be scorched?


###### Proverbs 6:29
[Proverbs 6:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:29)

כֵּ֗ן הַ֭בָּא אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א יִ֝נָּקֶ֗ה כׇּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So he that goes in to his neighbour’s wife; whoever touches her shall not go unpunished.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So, he who comes to his friend's wife; no one who touches her will go clean.


###### Proverbs 6:30
[Proverbs 6:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:30)

לֹא־יָב֣וּזוּ לַ֭גַּנָּב כִּ֣י יִגְנ֑וֹב לְמַלֵּ֥א נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ כִּ֣י יִרְעָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not men despise a thief, even if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The thief is not despised when he steals to fill his soul; for he is hungry.


###### Proverbs 6:31
[Proverbs 6:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:31)

וְ֭נִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם אֶת־כׇּל־ה֖וֹן בֵּית֣וֹ יִתֵּֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, [in addition,] when he is found, he can [make indemnification (to the point of)] paying sevenfold [i.e., a great sum], [and, if necessary,] he will give all the wealth of his house.


###### Proverbs 6:32
[Proverbs 6:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:32)

נֹאֵ֣ף אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב מַֽשְׁחִ֥ית נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ ה֣וּא יַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does that destroys his soul.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But one who commits adultery, lacks a heart; the destroyer of his soul — he will do it [(the act)].


###### Proverbs 6:33
[Proverbs 6:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:33)

נֶגַע־וְקָל֥וֹן יִמְצָ֑א וְ֝חֶרְפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א תִמָּחֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Plague and shame will he find [(Idolatry and adultery are visited with plague)], and his shame will not be wiped out.


###### Proverbs 6:34
[Proverbs 6:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:34)

כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹא־יַ֝חְמ֗וֹל בְּי֣וֹם נָקָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For jealousy is the rage of a man: and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the wrath of the Strong One is aroused against him, and He will not be merciful on the day of revenge.


###### Proverbs 6:35
[Proverbs 6:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/6:35)

לֹֽא־יִ֭שָּׂא פְּנֵ֣י כׇל־כֹּ֑פֶר וְלֹא־יֹ֝אבֶ֗ה כִּ֣י תַרְבֶּה־שֹּֽׁחַד׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He will not regard any ransom; nor will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He will not accept any ransom [(to atone for his idolatry)]; and He will refuse though you raise the bribe.