## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 10

###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:1:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:1:1)

**מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח אָב.** זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא (מדרש משלי י:א). דָּבָר אַחֵר: אָבִיו מַמָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes his father happy** This is the Holy One, blessed be He (Midrash); another explanation: his actual father.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:1:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:1:2)

**וּבֶן כְּסִיל תּוּגַת אִמּוֹ.** תָּמִיד הוּא עִם אִמּוֹ בַּבַּיִת, וְרוֹאָה אֶת שְׁטוּתוֹ וּמְצֵרָה. וּלְפִי הַמָּשָׁל: **בֵּן כְּסִיל** כְּמוֹ יָרָבְעָם בֶּן נְבָט (ברכות לה:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a foolish son is the grief of his mother** He is always with his mother at home, and she sees his foolishness and is troubled. And according to the allegory, a foolish son, like Jeroboam the son of Nebat,


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:1:3
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**תּוּגַת אִמּוֹ.** תּוּגַת כְּנִסִיּוֹתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is the grief of his mother**, the grief of his nation.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:2:1
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**לֹא יוֹעִילוּ אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע.** שֶׁהָיָה מִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בְּעָשְׁרוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיֹּאמֶר אֶפְרַיִם אַךְ עָשַׁרְתִּי וְגוֹמֵר״ (הושע יב:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Treasures of wickedness will not avail** For he was boasting with his riches, as it is stated (Hosea 12:9): “And Ephraim said: Surely I have become rich, etc.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:2:2
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**וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּוֶת.** וְאִם תֹּאמַר: צַדִּיק שֶׁיְּבַזְבֵּז נְכָסָיו לִצְדָקָה, מֵהֵיכָן יִתְפַּרְנֵס?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but charity will save from death** And if you ask, “A righteous man who squanders his property for charity—from where will he sustain himself?”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:3:1
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**לֹא יַרְעִיב ה׳ נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק, וְהַוַּת רְשָׁעִים יֶהְדֹּף.** יִדְחוֹף אוֹתָם וְתִפּוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord will not starve the soul of the righteous** [This is the answer to the previous question.] **but the destruction [wrought by] the wicked will cast [them] down** It will thrust them down and cause them to fall.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:4:1)

**רֹאשׁ עֹשֶׂה כַף רְמִיָּה.** מִי שֶׁעָנִי בַּתּוֹרָה, מוֹרֶה הוֹרָאוֹת שֶׁקֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A poor man makes a deceitful scale** Whoever is impoverished in [his knowledge of] Torah promulgates false decisions.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:4:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:4:2)

**כַּף רְמִיָּה.** מֹאזְנַיִם שֶׁל רְמִיָּה. לְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ מַשְׁמַע בַּתַּגָּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**deceitful scales** Scales of deceit. According to its simple meaning, it refers to merchants.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:4:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:4:3)

**וְיַד חֲרוּצִים.** יְשָׁרִים, שֶׁחוֹרְצִים דָּבָר בַּאֲמִתּוֹ וּמִשְׁפָּטוֹ בְּלֹא עַוְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the hand of those who make true decisions** The upright, who decide a matter truly and justly without injustice.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:6:1
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**וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יְכַסֶּה חָמָס.** הֶחָמָס יְכַסֶּה עַל פִּיהֶם וְיַהַרְגֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but violence shall cover the mouth of the wicked** The violence shall cover their mouths and kill them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:7:1)

**זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה.** הַמַּזְכִּיר צַדִּיק מְבָרְכוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The mention of a righteous man is for a blessing** Whoever mentions a righteous man blesses him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:7:2
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**וְשֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָב.** רִקָּבוֹן עוֹלֶה בִּשְׁמָם, שֶׁאֵין אָדָם חָפֵץ לְהַזְכִּיר שְׁמוֹ וְהוּא מִשְׁתַּכֵּחַ מֵאֵלָיו (יומא לח:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the name of the wicked shall rot** Decay develops in their name, for no one wishes to mention his [the wicked man’s] name, and it is automatically forgotten.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:8:1
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**חֲכַם לֵב יִקַּח מִצְוֹת.** מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, שֶׁכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיוּ עוֹסְקִין בְּבִזַּת מִצְרַיִם, וְהוּא הָיָה עוֹסֵק בְּמִצְוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף וְגוֹ׳״ (שמות יג:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The wise-hearted takes commandments** This alludes to our teacher, Moses, for all Israel were busy with the plunder of Egypt, and he was busy with the commandments, as is it said (Exod. 13:19): “And Moses took Joseph’s bones, etc.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:8:2
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**וֶאֱוִיל שְׂפָתַיִם יִלָּבֵט.** לְשׁוֹן יְגִיעָה. וְיֵשׁ בְּסִפְרֵי בְּפָרָשָׁה ״וַיְהִי הָעָם כְּמִתְאֹנְנִים״ (במדבר יא:א): אָמְרוּ: כַּמָּה נִתְלַבַּטְנוּ בַדֶּרֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he who talks foolishly will weary** Heb. ילבט, an expression of weariness. It appears in Sifre, in the section commencing (Num. 11:1): “And the people were as complainers.” They said, “How much have we wearied (נתלבטנו) on the way!”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:9:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:9:1)

**וּמְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו יִוָּדֵעַ.** יִשָּׁבֵר וְיִתְיַסֵּר, כְּמוֹ ״וַיֹּדַע בָּהֶם אֶת אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת״ (שופטים ח:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will be broken** Heb. יודע, will be broken and chastised, as in (Jud. 8:16): “And with them he broke (ויודע) the men of Succoth.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:10:1
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**קוֹרֵץ עַיִן יִתֵּן עַצָּבֶת.** זֶה הַמֵּסִית אָדָם בִּקְרִיצוֹתָיו לְרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who winks his eye causes grief** That is the one who entices a person to evil with his winks.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:11:1)

**מְקוֹר חַיִּים פִּי צַדִּיק וּפִי רְשָׁעִים וְגוֹ׳.** פִּיהֶם יְכַסֶּה חָמָס שֶׁבְּלִבָּם, שֶׁמַּחֲלִיקִין אֶת שִׂפְתֵיהֶם וְשִׂנְאָה טְמוּנָה בְּלִבָּם. וְאֵין פִּתְרוֹן מִקְרָא זֶה דּוֹמֶה לְפִתְרוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן (משלי י:ו), וְהָעִנְיָן יוֹרֶה עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked, etc.** Their mouth conceals the violence that is in their heart, for they talk smoothly with their lips, but hatred is hidden in their heart. Now the interpretation of this verse is not the same as the above verse (8); the context is indicative of their meaning.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:12:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:12:1)

**שִׂנְאָה תְּעוֹרֵר מְדָנִים.** אֲפִלּוּ עֲבֵרָה שֶׁנִּתְּנָה לְשִׁכְחָה נִזְכֶּרֶת עַל יְדֵי מַרְבִּית עֲוֹנוֹת; בָּאָה שִׂנְאָה אַחֲרוֹנָה וּמְעוֹרֶרְתָּן. שֶׁכֵּן יְחֶזְקֵאל הוֹכִיחַ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל עֲבֵרוֹת מִצְרַיִם: ״וָאֹמַר אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אֶת שִׁקּוּצֵי עֵינָיו הַשְׁלִיכוּ וְגוֹ׳״ (יחזקאל כ:ז) – כַּמָּה שָׁנִים הָיְתָה שִׂנְאָה זוֹ כְּבוּשָׁה וְלֹא הִזְכִּירָהּ לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, עַד עַכְשָׁו, שֶׁהִרְבּוּ עֲבֵרוֹת עַל פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם (ויקרא רבה ז:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hatred arouses quarrels** Even a sin that was forgotten is remembered though additional iniquities. The final hatred comes and arouses them, for Ezekiel reproved Israel for the transgressions of Egypt (Ezek. 20:7), “And I said to them, ‘Every man shall cast away the abominations of his eyes, etc.’” How many (years was) this hatred hidden, that the Holy One, blessed be He, did not mention it to them until now, when they added transgressions to their sins.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:12:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:12:2)

**וְעַל כָּל פְּשָׁעִים תְּכַסֶּה אַהֲבָה.** כְּשֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל מֵטִיבִים מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם, הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְכַסֶּה עַל פְּשָׁעֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but love covers all transgressions** When Israel improves their deeds, the Holy One, blessed be He, conceals their transgressions.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:13:1)

**בְּשִׂפְתֵי נָבוֹן תִּמָּצֵא חָכְמָה.** כְּשֶׁאָדָם מוֹכִיחַ לְנָבוֹן, מֵשִׁיב לוֹ: חָטָאתִי! כְּגוֹן דָּוִד שֶׁאָמַר לְנָתָן: ״חָטָאתִי״ (שמואל ב יב:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wisdom is found in the lips of the understanding** When a person reproves an understanding individual, he replies to him, “I have sinned,” e.g. David, who said to Nathan, “I have sinned” (11 Sam. 12:13).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:13:2
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**וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו חֲסַר לֵב.** אֲבָל חֲסַר לֵב אֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ עַד שֶׁיִּלְקֶה, כְּמוֹ פַּרְעֹה (שמות ז:יד-יא:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a rod is for the body of one devoid of sense** But one who is devoid of sense does not listen until he is smitten, like Pharaoh.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:14:1
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**חֲכָמִים יִצְפְּנוּ דָעַת.** יִשְׁמְרוּהוּ בְּלִבָּם, שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁכָּחוּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wise men store up knowledge** They guard it in their heart so that they do not forget it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:15:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:15:1)

**הוֹן עָשִׁיר.** בַּתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The wealth of the rich** in Torah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:15:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:15:2)

**קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ.** הִיא לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is the city of his strength** to him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:15:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:15:3)

**מְחִתַּת דַּלִּים רֵישָׁם.** עֲנִיּוּתָם, שֶׁלֹּא עָסְקוּ בַּתּוֹרָה, הִיא מְחִתָּתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the destruction of the poor is their poverty** The poverty that they did not engage in the Torah is their destruction.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:16:1)

**פְּעֻלַּת צַדִּיק לְחַיִּים.** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (דברים רבה ב:כ): שְׁלֹמֹה עָשָׂה פְּעֻלַּת הַמִּקְדָּשׁ לְחַיֵּיהֶם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְכַפָּרָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The act of the righteous is for life** [This is to be understood] according to its apparent meaning, but the Midrash Aggadah states: Solomon performed the construction of the Temple for the life of Israel, for their atonement.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:16:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:16:2)

**וּתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע.** תְּבוּאָתוֹ (ס״א: הֲבָאָתוֹ) שֶׁל מְנַשֶּׁה (דברי הימים ב לג:ז), שֶׁהִכְנִיס בּוֹ הַסֶּמֶל, הִיא הָיְתָה לְחַטָּאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what the wicked bring in** What Manasseh brought in, for he brought in the image—that was for sin.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:17:1)

**אֹרַח לְחַיִּים.** הַשּׁוֹמֵר מוּסָר הִיא הַדֶּרֶךְ לְחַיִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The way to life** He who keeps discipline—that is the way to life.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:17:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 10:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/10:17:2)

**וְעוֹזֵב תּוֹכַחַת מַתְעֶה.** אֶת עַצְמוֹ וְאֶת אֲחֵרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he who forsakes reproof misleads** himself and others.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:18:1
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**מְכַסֶּה שִׂנְאָה שִׂפְתֵי שָׁקֶר.** הֶחָנֵף שְׂפָתָיו שֶׁקֶר, וּמְכַסֶּה שִׂנְאָה בְּלִבּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who covers up hatred has false lips** The flatterer has false lips, and he hides hatred in his heart.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:18:2
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**וּמוֹצִיא דִבָּה הוּא כְסִיל.** לַעַז, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ אֲנָשִׁים דּוֹבְבִין בּוֹ עַל חֲבֵירוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he who spreads slander is a fool** Heb. דבה, a rumor about his friend, about which people will converse (דובבין).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:19:1
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**בְּרֹב דְּבָרִים לֹא יֶחְדַּל פָּשַׁע.** הַמַּרְבֶּה דְבָרִים מֵבִיא חֵטְא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In a multitude of words, transgression will not be avoided** He who talks too much brings on sin.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:19:2
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**וְחוֹשֵׂךְ שְׂפָתָיו.** הוּא הַמַּשְׂכִּיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he who holds back his lips** he is wise.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:20:1
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**כֶּסֶף נִבְחָר לְשׁוֹן צַדִּיק.** שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לְהוֹכִיחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The tongue of the righteous is choice silver** for he knows how to reprove.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:20:2
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**לֵב רְשָׁעִים כִּמְעָט.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ לְתוֹכַחַת צַדִּיק. וּמִדְרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא אוֹמֵר (תנחומא, כי תשא ו): עַל עִדּוֹ הַנָּבִיא נֶאֱמַר, שֶׁקָּרָא עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּבֵית אֵל; וְיָרָבְעָם, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיָּבְשָׁה יָדוֹ, לֹא קִבֵּל תּוֹכֵחָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״חַל נָא אֶת פְּנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְגוֹ׳״ (מלכים א יג:ו) וְלֹא ׳אֱלֹהַי׳; וְאוֹמֵר ״וַתָּשָׁב יָדוֹ כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָה״ (מלכים א יג:ו) – עוֹמֵד וּמַקְטִיר לַעֲבוֹדַת גִּלּוּלִים, וְאַף בַּסּוֹף כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the heart of the wicked is worth little** for he does not heed the reproof of the righteous man. Midrash Rabbi Tanhuma (Ki Thissa 6) states: This was stated concerning Iddo the prophet, who called [in prophecy] about the altar in Beth-El, and Jeroboam, although his hand had become stiff, did not heed the reproof, as it is said (I Kings 13:6): “Entreat now the Lord your God, etc.”; but not “my God, etc”; (ad loc.): “and the king’s hand was drawn back to him, and it was as before.” Just as before, he was standing and burning sacrifices to idols, so was it at the end.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:21:1
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**שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק יִרְעוּ רַבִּים וְגוֹ׳.** שֶׁרַבִּים אוֹכְלִים בִּזְכוּתוֹ וּבִתְפִלָּתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The lips of the righteous will feed many, etc.** Many eat in his merit and because of his prayer.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:22:1
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**בִּרְכַּת ה׳ הִיא תַעֲשִׁיר, וְלֹא יוֹסִיף עֶצֶב עִמָּהּ.** אֵין צָרִיךְ לְהִתְיַגֵּעַ לְהַעֲשִׁיר בּוֹ, דַּי בַּבְּרָכָה מַה שֶּׁהוּא מְבָרְכוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The blessing of the Lord will bring riches, etc.** One need not toil to gain wealth, for it is enough with the blessing that He blesses him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:23:1
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**כְּשְׂחוֹק לִכְסִיל עֲשׂוֹת זִמָּה.** עֲצַת חַטָּאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As it is sport for a fool to carry out a sinful plot** Heb. זמה, a plot of sins.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:23:2
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**וְחָכְמָה** כִּשְׂחוֹק **לְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה.** כְּלוֹמַר: קַלָּה הִיא בְּעֵינָיו לַעֲשׂוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[so is] wisdom** like sport **to a man of understanding**; i.e., in his eyes, it is easy to do.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:24:1
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**מְגוֹרַת רָשָׁע.** מַה שֶּׁהוּא יָרֵא יָבֹא לוֹ. דּוֹר הַפְּלַגָּה יָרְאוּ וְאָמְרוּ ״פֶּן נָפוּץ״ (בראשית יא:ד), וְסוֹפָן כְּתִיב ״וַיָּפֶץ ה׳ אֹתָם מִשָּׁם״ (בראשית יא:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The dread of a wicked man that will befall him** What he fears will befall him. The generation of the Dispersion said, “Lest we scatter” (Gen. 11:4), and their end was that it is written (ibid. 8), “And the Lord scattered them from there.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:24:2
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**וְתַאֲוַת צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּן.** מִי שֶׁבְּיָדוֹ לִתְּנָהּ (לָתֵת):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the desire of the righteous He will grant** He Who has the power to grant it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:25:1
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**כַּעֲבוֹר סוּפָה וְאֵין רָשָׁע.** פִּתְאוֹם בָּא עֶבְרַת רוּחַ סְעָרָה, נִכְרַת הָרָשָׁע מִמְּקוֹמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more** Suddenly the fury of a whirlwind comes, and the wicked man is cut off from his place.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:28:1
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**תּוֹחֶלֶת צַדִּיקִים שִׂמְחָה.** סוֹפָהּ מִתְקַיֶּמֶת וּשְׂמֵחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The expectation of the righteous [will result in] joy** Eventually, it will be realized, and they will rejoice.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:28:2
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**וְתִקְוַת רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵד.** כִּי לֹא תָבֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the hope of the wicked shall be lost** for it will not come.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:29:1
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**מָעוֹז לַתֹּם דֶּרֶךְ ה׳ וּמְחִתָּה.** הִיא לְפוֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן שֶׁאֵינָן הוֹלְכִין בָּהּ, וְהִיא נִפְרַעַת מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the innocent, but ruin for those who work iniquity** For they do not follow it, and it exacts retribution from them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:30:1
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**צַדִּיק לְעוֹלָם בַּל יִמּוֹט.** כְּשֶׁהוּא מָט אֵין מוֹטָתוֹ מוֹטַת עוֹלָם, כִּי יִפּוֹל וְקָם (משלי כד:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The righteous will not collapse forever** When he collapses, his collapse is not a permanent collapse, but he will fall and rise.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:31:1
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**פִּי צַדִּיק יָנוּב חָכְמָה.** יְדַבֵּר, לְשׁוֹן ״נִיב שְׂפָתָיִם״ (ישעיהו נז:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The mouth of the righteous man speaks wisdom** Heb. ינוב, speaks, an expression of (Isa. 57: 9): “the speech (ניב) of the lips.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 10:32:1
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**שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק יֵדְעוּן רָצוֹן.** יוֹדְעִים לְרַצּוֹת וּלְפַיֵּס אֶת בּוֹרְאָם, וְיוֹדְעִים לְרַצּוֹת אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת וּלְהַטִּיל שָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the lips of a righteous man know how to please** They know how to please and placate his Creator, and they know how to please the people and how to make peace among them.