## Proverbs Chapter 7

###### Proverbs 7:1
[Proverbs 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:1)

בְּ֭נִי שְׁמֹ֣ר אֲמָרָ֑י וּ֝מִצְוֺתַ֗י תִּצְפֹּ֥ן אִתָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My son, heed My words, and store up My mitzvoth with you.


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

שְׁמֹ֣ר מִצְוֺתַ֣י וֶחְיֵ֑ה וְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗י כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Keep my commandments, and live; and my Tora as the apple of thy eye.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Heed my mitzvoth and live, and My Torah as the pupil of your eye.


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

קׇשְׁרֵ֥ם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ כׇּ֝תְבֵ֗ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Tie them on your fingers; inscribe them on the tablet of your heart.


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

אֱמֹ֣ר לַ֭חׇכְמָה אֲחֹ֣תִי אָ֑תְּ וּ֝מֹדָ֗ע לַבִּינָ֥ה תִקְרָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Say to wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Say to wisdom: "You are my sister," and call understanding your kin.


###### Proverbs 7:5
[Proverbs 7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:5)

לִ֭שְׁמׇרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נׇּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the alien woman who makes smooth her words.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To guard you from a strange woman, from the foreign woman who smooths over her words.


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

כִּ֭י בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑י בְּעַ֖ד אֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For from the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out.


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

וָאֵ֤רֶא בַפְּתָאיִ֗ם אָ֘בִ֤ינָה בַבָּנִ֗ים נַ֣עַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I saw among the simple, I discerned among the boys, a youth void of understanding.


###### Proverbs 7:8
[Proverbs 7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:8)

עֹבֵ֣ר בַּ֭שּׁוּק אֵ֣צֶל פִּנָּ֑הּ וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣הּ יִצְעָֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Passing in the market-place near her corner, walking by her house.


###### Proverbs 7:9
[Proverbs 7:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:9)

בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹם בְּאִישׁ֥וֹן לַ֝֗יְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
in the twilight, in the evening, in the blackness of a dark night:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the darkness, in the eve of day, in the heart of night and pitch darkness.


###### Proverbs 7:10
[Proverbs 7:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:10)

וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִקְרָאת֑וֹ שִׁ֥ית ז֝וֹנָ֗ה וּנְצֻ֥רַת לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, behold, a woman came before him, in the nakedness of a harlot and her heart besieged [(by lewdness)].


###### Proverbs 7:11
[Proverbs 7:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:11)

הֹמִיָּ֣ה הִ֣יא וְסֹרָ֑רֶת בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
(She is noisy and ungovernable: her feet do not remain in her house:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Moaning [in enticement] and straying [(from the path)], her feet not frequenting her house.


###### Proverbs 7:12
[Proverbs 7:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:12)

פַּ֤עַם**׀** בַּח֗וּץ פַּ֥עַם בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת וְאֵ֖צֶל כׇּל־פִּנָּ֣ה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
now is she outside, now in the streets, and she lies in wait at every corner.)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Sometimes in the courtyard, sometimes in the streets — she lurks at every corner.


###### Proverbs 7:13
[Proverbs 7:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:13)

וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה בּ֭וֹ וְנָ֣שְׁקָה לּ֑וֹ הֵעֵ֥זָה פָ֝נֶ֗יהָ וַתֹּ֣אמַר לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So she caught hold of him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And she seized him and kissed him; she thrust forth her face and said to him:


###### Proverbs 7:14
[Proverbs 7:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:14)

זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have had to sacrifice peace offerings; this day have I paid my vows.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have prepared a great feast, [for] today I have paid my vows [i.e., I have sacrificed my vow-offerings and my peace-offerings.]


###### Proverbs 7:15
[Proverbs 7:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:15)

עַל־כֵּ֭ן יָצָ֣אתִי לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָ לְשַׁחֵ֥ר פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So I came out to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
That is why I have gone out to you, to look for you and to find you.


###### Proverbs 7:16
[Proverbs 7:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:16)

מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have decked my bed with coverings, with tapestry of Miżrian yarn.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have decked my bed with spreads, braided with Egyptian yarns.


###### Proverbs 7:17
[Proverbs 7:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:17)

נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have scented my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.


###### Proverbs 7:18
[Proverbs 7:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:18)

לְכָ֤ה נִרְוֶ֣ה דֹ֭דִים עַד־הַבֹּ֑קֶר נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה בׇּאֳהָבִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with loves.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Come, let us sate ourselves with love until the morning; let us rejoice in love-making.


###### Proverbs 7:19
[Proverbs 7:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:19)

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין הָאִ֣ישׁ בְּבֵית֑וֹ הָ֝לַ֗ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the Man is not at home [(You see that G-d has removed His shechinah and has given all of His good to the idolators.)]


###### Proverbs 7:20
[Proverbs 7:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:20)

צְֽרוֹר־הַ֭כֶּסֶף לָקַ֣ח בְּיָד֑וֹ לְי֥וֹם הַ֝כֵּ֗סֶא יָבֹ֥א בֵיתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
he has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the full moon.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has taken the money-pouch with him [i.e., He has killed the best of them]; He will [not] come home until the appointed time.


###### Proverbs 7:21
[Proverbs 7:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:21)

הִ֭טַּתּוּ בְּרֹ֣ב לִקְחָ֑הּ בְּחֵ֥לֶק שְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
With her much fair speech she causes him to yield, with the smoothness of her lips she seduces him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
She has led him astray with her store of sophistication; she has felled him with the smoothness of her lips.


###### Proverbs 7:22
[Proverbs 7:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:22)

ה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְ אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ פִּ֫תְאֹ֥ם כְּ֭שׁוֹר אֶל־טֶ֣בַח יָבֹ֑א וּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶס אֶל־מוּסַ֥ר אֱוִֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He goes after her at once, as an ox goes to the slaughter, and as a man in chains to the chastisement of a fool;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Suddenly, he goes after her; as an ox to the slaughter he comes, as [a snake spewing] venom [speeding] to the chastisement of a fool.


###### Proverbs 7:23
[Proverbs 7:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:23)

עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֪ח חֵ֡ץ כְּֽבֵד֗וֹ כְּמַהֵ֣ר צִפּ֣וֹר אֶל־פָּ֑ח וְלֹא־יָ֝דַ֗ע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁ֥וֹ הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
— Until [her] arrow splits his liver. [He is] as a bird racing to the trap, not knowing that it will cost him his life.


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

וְעַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִ֑י וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hearken to me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, [my] sons, listen to me, and heed the words of my mouth.


###### Proverbs 7:25
[Proverbs 7:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:25)

אַל־יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תֵּ֝֗תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, do not go astray in her paths.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not incline your heart to her ways; do not stray in her paths.


###### Proverbs 7:26
[Proverbs 7:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:26)

כִּֽי־רַבִּ֣ים חֲלָלִ֣ים הִפִּ֑ילָה וַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗ים כׇּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For she has cast down many wounded: and many strong men have been slain by her.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For she has taken many lives; the number of her victims is legion.


###### Proverbs 7:27
[Proverbs 7:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/7:27)

דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתָ֑הּ יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Her house is the way to She᾽ol, going down to the chambers of death.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.