## Proverbs Chapter 9

###### Proverbs 9:1
[Proverbs 9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:1)

חׇ֭כְמוֹת בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ חָצְבָ֖ה עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ שִׁבְעָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Wisdom has built her house [i.e., the L-rd has built the world with wisdom]. She has carved out its seven pillars [(the seven days of creation)].


###### Proverbs 9:2
[Proverbs 9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:2)

טָבְחָ֣ה טִ֭בְחָהּ מָסְכָ֣ה יֵינָ֑הּ אַ֝֗ף עָרְכָ֥ה שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
she has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
She has slaughtered her slaughtering and diluted her wine and also set her table [(with all the creations, wet and dry)].


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

שָׁלְחָ֣ה נַעֲרֹתֶ֣יהָ תִקְרָ֑א עַל־גַּ֝פֵּ֗י מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She has sent forth her maidens: she calls upon the highest places of the city, Whoever is simple, let him turn in here:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
She has sent out to call [to] her young ones [Adam and Eve] on the wings of the city heights:


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

מִֽי־פֶ֭תִי יָסֻ֣ר הֵ֑נָּה חֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב אָ֣מְרָה לּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Who is a simpleton? Let him turn in here" [and gain wisdom]. [And so] will she say to him who is void of understanding.


###### Proverbs 9:5
[Proverbs 9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:5)

לְ֭כוּ לַחֲמ֣וּ בְֽלַחֲמִ֑י וּ֝שְׁת֗וּ בְּיַ֣יִן מָסָֽכְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Come and eat of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have poured."


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

עִזְב֣וּ פְתָאיִ֣ם וִֽחְי֑וּ וְ֝אִשְׁר֗וּ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ בִּינָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Forsake foolishness, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Leave [your paths], simpletons, and live, and walk in the way of understanding."


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

יֹ֤סֵ֨ר**׀** לֵ֗ץ לֹקֵ֣חַֽ ל֣וֹ קָל֑וֹן וּמוֹכִ֖יחַ לְרָשָׁ֣ע מוּמֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He who corrects a scorner brings shame on himself: and he who rebukes a wicked man brings on himself his blemish.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(an exhortation against reproving inciters to idolatry:)] ([But] he who chastises the scoffer brings shame upon himself; and he who reproves the wicked one [brings upon himself] his blemish [i.e., the wicked one shames him and shuns him].)


###### Proverbs 9:8
[Proverbs 9:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:8)

אַל־תּ֣וֹכַח לֵ֭ץ פֶּן־יִשְׂנָאֶ֑ךָּ הוֹכַ֥ח לְ֝חָכָ֗ם וְיֶאֱהָבֶֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not chastise the scoffer, lest he hate you. Chastise the wise man, and he will love you.


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

תֵּ֣ן לְ֭חָכָם וְיֶחְכַּם־ע֑וֹד הוֹדַ֥ע לְ֝צַדִּ֗יק וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶֽקַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Give [words of wisdom] to the wise one [(an apt disciple)] and he will become even wiser. Make known [wisdom] to the righteous one, and he will add to his acquisitions [(by his own reasoning)].


###### Proverbs 9:10
[Proverbs 9:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:10)

תְּחִלַּ֣ת חׇ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of holy matters is understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The beginning of wisdom is fear of the L-rd, and the knowledge of the holy ones is [the essence of] understanding.


###### Proverbs 9:11
[Proverbs 9:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:11)

כִּי־בִ֭י יִרְבּ֣וּ יָמֶ֑יךָ וְיוֹסִ֥יפוּ לְּ֝ךָ֗ שְׁנ֣וֹת חַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For through me [(wisdom)] your days will increase, and they [(these days)] will add for you years of life [i.e., years of sustenance and wealth].


###### Proverbs 9:12
[Proverbs 9:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:12)

אִם־חָ֭כַמְתָּ חָכַ֣מְתָּ לָּ֑ךְ וְ֝לַ֗צְתָּ לְֽבַדְּךָ֥ תִשָּֽׂא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself: and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you have become wise, you have become wise for your own good, and if you have been a scoffer, you alone will bear [your punishment].


###### Proverbs 9:13
[Proverbs 9:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:13)

אֵ֣שֶׁת כְּ֭סִילוּת הֹמִיָּ֑ה פְּ֝תַיּ֗וּת וּבַל־יָ֥דְעָה מָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The woman Folly is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The foolish woman moans foolishly, not knowing why.


###### Proverbs 9:14
[Proverbs 9:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:14)

וְֽ֭יָשְׁבָה לְפֶ֣תַח בֵּיתָ֑הּ עַל־כִּ֝סֵּ֗א מְרֹ֣מֵי קָֽרֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
She sits at the door of her house, [(to scout out the passers-by)], [and] upon a chair atop the city heights


###### Proverbs 9:15
[Proverbs 9:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:15)

לִקְרֹ֥א לְעֹֽבְרֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Calling out to passers by who are going straight on their ways:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
to call out to the passers-by, who walk a just path.


###### Proverbs 9:16
[Proverbs 9:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:16)

מִֽי־פֶ֭תִי יָסֻ֣ר הֵ֑נָּה וַחֲסַר־לֵ֝֗ב וְאָ֣מְרָה לּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
(Whoever is a simpleton, let him turn in here, and [whoever is] void of understanding). And thus will she say to him:


###### Proverbs 9:17
[Proverbs 9:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:17)

מַֽיִם־גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים יִנְעָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten secretly, more pleasing" [i.e., cohabitation with a married woman is more pleasurable than that with an unmarried one.]


###### Proverbs 9:18
[Proverbs 9:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Proverbs/r/9:18)

וְֽלֹא־יָ֭דַע כִּֽי־רְפָאִ֣ים שָׁ֑ם בְּעִמְקֵ֖י שְׁא֣וֹל קְרֻאֶֽיהָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of She᾽ol.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they [the passers-by] do not know that the shades are there, that those [who heed] her call [descend] to the depths of Sheol.