## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 12

###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:2:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:2:1)

**טוֹב יָפִיק.** מוֹצִיא מִן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נַחַת רוּחַ, לְהָבִיא טוֹבָה לָעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A good man will obtain** Heb. יפיק. He will draw satisfaction from the Holy One, blessed be He, to bring goodness to the world.


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

**וְאִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת יַרְשִׁיעַ.** בַּעַל עֲלִילוֹת יַרְשִׁיעַ – מְחַיֵּב אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת לְהָבִיא רָעָה, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״וְחוֹטֵא אֶחָד יְאַבֵּד טוֹבָה הַרְבֵּה״ (קהלת ט:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a man of evil devices will condemn** One who has evil devices will condemn. He will condemn the people to bring evil [upon them], and so he states (Ecc. 9:18): “but one sinner destroys much good.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:3:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:3:1)

**לֹא יִכּוֹן אָדָם בְּרֶשַׁע.** לֹא יִתְבַּסֵּס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A man will not be established with wickedness** Heb. יכון, will not be firmly established.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:4:1)

**וּכְרָקָב.** תּוֹלַעַת הַנִּכְנָס תּוֹךְ הָעֲצָמוֹת וְטוֹחֵן אוֹתָם, כֵּן אִשָּׁה מְבִישָׁה וְרָעָה, שֶׁמַּעֲשֶׂיהָ בּוֹשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is like rot** A worm that penetrates the bones and grinds them. So is an embarrassing, bad wife, whose deeds are shameful.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:6:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:6:1)

**דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים אֱרָב דָּם.** יוֹעֲצִים לִרְצוֹחַ בְּיָדָם אוֹ עַל יְדֵי עֵדוּת שֶׁקֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The words of the wicked are to lurk for blood** They take counsel to murder directly or through false testimony.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:6:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:6:2)

**וּפִי יְשָׁרִים.** כְּשֶׁשּׁוֹמְעִים אֶת עֲצָתָם, יַצִּילוּם לַנִּרְדָּפִים, שֶׁמְּגַלִּים אֶת עֲצָתָם; אוֹ אִם עֵדִים הֵם, מְזִמִּין אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the mouth of the upright** when they hear [the wicked’s] counsel, will save the victims, for they will reveal [the wicked’s] plot, or if they are witnesses, [the upright] will prove them to be collusive.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:7:1)

**הָפוֹךְ רְשָׁעִים.** כְּמוֹ ״לַהֲפֹךְ״, כְּמַהְפֵּכַת רֶגַע (איכה ד:ו) נֶהְפָּכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The wicked will be overthrown** Heb. הפוך, like להפוך, to overthrow. Like a sudden overthrow they are overthrown [lit. like an overthrow in a second].


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:7:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:7:2)

**וְאֵינָם.** כָּלִים, כְּגוֹן סְדוֹם (בראשית יט:כד-כה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they are no more** They are destroyed, e.g. Sodom.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:7:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:7:3)

**וּבֵית צַדִּיקִים יַעֲמֹד.** יִתְקַיֵּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the house of the righteous will stand** Will endure.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:8:1)

**לְפִי שִׂכְלוֹ יְהֻלַּל אִישׁ.** אִם חָכָם מְעַט אוֹ הַרְבֵּה, הַכֹּל לְפִי שִׂכְלוֹ יִטֹּל שְׂכָרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**According to his intelligence a man is praised** Whether he possesses little or much intelligence, he will receive his reward according to his intelligence.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:8:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:8:2)

**וְנַעֲוֵה לֵב.** שֶׁהֵנִיעַ לִבּוֹ לְגַמְרֵי מִן הַתּוֹרָה, הוּא יִהְיֶה לָבוּז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he whose heart has turned away** He who moved his heart completely away from the Torah will be despised.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:8:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:8:3)

**נַעֲוֵה.** כְּמוֹ ״נַעֲוֵיתִי מִשְּׁמֹעַ״ (ישעיה כא:ג), וְכֵן ״בֶּן נַעֲוַת הַמַּרְדּוּת״ (שמואל א כ:ל). וְיֵשׁ לוֹמַר נַעֲוֵה – מִי שֶׁלִּבּוֹ נָעוּעַ, מִגִּזְרַת ״נָע וָנָד״ (בראשית ד:יב). כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר ״זַעֲוָה״ (דברים כח:כה) מִגִּזְרַת ״זָע״ (אסתר ה:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
Heb. נעוה, as in (Isa. 21:3): “I have become confused (נעויתי) from hearing,” and similarly (I Sam. 20:30): “the son of a straying (נעות) woman deserving of punishment.” And it is possible to say that נעוה means one whose heart has strayed, from the expression נע ונד, moving and wandering, and as one says זעוה, horror, from the root זע, stirred.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:9:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:9:1)

**טוֹב נִקְלֶה.** בְּעֵינָיו, וְנַעֲשָׂה עֶבֶד לְעַצְמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Better is he who is lightly esteemed** in his own eyes and became a slave to himself


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:9:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:9:2)

**מִמִּתְכַּבֵּד.** בְּעֵינָיו, וְאוֹמֵר: גְּנַאי הוּא לִי לַעֲמֹל בִּמְלָאכָה, שֶׁאֲנִי מִבְּנֵי אָדָם גְּדוֹלִים; וְסוֹפוֹ לִהְיוֹת **חֲסַר לָחֶם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that one who is honored** in his own eyes and says, “It is disgraceful for me to toil at labor, for I am one of the great men,”—he will ultimately lack bread.


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

**יוֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ.** מַה בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וּבְנֵי בֵיתוֹ צְרִיכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A righteous man has regard for the desire of his beast** What his beasts and his household members need.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:11:1)

**עוֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִשְׂבַּע לָחֶם.** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, וּלְפִי מְשָׁלוֹ: שֶׁחוֹזֵר עַל תַּלְמוּדוֹ תָּמִיד, שֶׁלֹּא יִשְׁתַּכַּח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who tills his soil will be sated with bread** To be understood according to its apparent meaning, but according to its allegorical meaning, [this means] he who constantly reviews his studies lest they be forgotten.


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

**חָמַד רָשָׁע.** לִהְיוֹת נִזּוֹן וּמִתְפַּרְנֵס מִמְּצוֹד רְשָׁעִים, שֶׁצָּדִין אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת בִּגְזֵלוֹת וְחָמָס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The wicked man yearns** to gain sustenance and maintenance from the prey of the wicked, who prey on people with robbery and violence.


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

**וְשֹׁרֶשׁ צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּן.** מַה שֶּׁהוּא רָאוּי לִיתֵּן, וְהוּא הַפְּרִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the root of the righteous yields** what it is fit to yield, and that is the fruit.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:13:1)

**בְּפֶשַׁע שְׂפָתַיִם.** בְּפֶשַׁע שִׂפְתֵי דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, שֶׁאָמְרוּ: ״מַה שַׁדַּי כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ״ (איוב כא:טו), בָּא לָהֶם מוֹקֵשׁ רָע, וְנֹחַ הַצַּדִּיק יָצָא מֵהַצָּרָה (תנחומא, נח טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of the transgression of the lips** Because of the transgression of the lips of the generation of the Flood, who said (Job 21:15): “What is the Almighty that we should serve Him?” an evil snare came upon them, and Noah, the righteous man, came out of the trouble.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:14:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:14:1)

**מִפְּרִי פִי אִישׁ.** מִשְּׂכַר פִּיהֶם שֶׁל עוֹסְקֵי תוֹרָה, אוֹכְלִים טוֹב בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, וְהַקֶּרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לָהֶם לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the fruit of a man’s mouth** From the reward of the mouth of those who engage in the Torah, they eat the good of this world, and the principal remains intact for them for the world to come.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:16:1)

**אֱוִיל בַּיּוֹם יִוָּדַע כַּעְסוֹ.** בְּיוֹם שֶׁהוּא כּוֹעֵס, בּוֹ בַּיּוֹם הוֹדִיעַ כַּעְסוֹ, שֶׁהוּא מִתְגָּרֶה וּמְחָרֵף חֲבֵירוֹ בָּרַבִּים, וְאֵין מַעְצָר לְרוּחוֹ. אֲבָל הֶ**עָרוּם כֹּסֶה קָלוֹן** וְאֵינוֹ מְמַהֵר לָרִיב. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: בְּיוֹם שֶׁנִּבְרָא אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן נוֹדַע סוּרְחָנוֹ (עבודה זרה ח.), וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁהוּא עָרוּם, לֹא רָצָה לְשַׁחֵת בְּרִיּוֹתָיו, כִּסָּה קְלוֹנוֹ (חגיגה יב.) וְדָחָה לִגְזֵרָתוֹ מִיּוֹם שֶׁל אָדָם לְיוֹם שֶׁלּוֹ, שֶׁהוּא אֶלֶף שָׁנָה (תהלים צ:ד; במדבר רבה יד:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A fool’s anger is known within the day** On the day he is angry, on that very day he lets his anger be known, for he starts a quarrel and berates his fellow in public, and his anger has no restraint. But the clever man conceals the shame and does not hasten to quarrel. And the Midrash Aggadah states: On the day the first man was created, his sin was known, but the Holy One, blessed be He, Who is clever, did not wish to destroy His creatures. He concealed his shame and postponed His decree from Adam’s day to His day, which is one thousand years.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:17:1)

**יָפִיחַ אֱמוּנָה יַגִּיד צֶדֶק.** מִי שֶׁמְּדַבֵּר אֱמוּנָה מַגִּיד בְּדִין עֵדוּת צֶדֶק לְזַכּוֹת הַזַּכַּאי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who speaks the truth will testify justly** He who speaks the truth will testify just testimony at a trial to justify the innocent.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:18:1)

**יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה.** מְדַבֵּר, כְּמוֹ ״לְבַטֵּא בִשְׂפָתַיִם״ (ויקרא ה:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is one who speaks** Heb. בוטה, speaks, as in (Lev. 5:4): “to pronounce (לבטה) with the lips.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:18:2)

**כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב.** שֶׁמְּסַכְסֵךְ אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת וְגוֹרֵם לָהֶם לַהֲרֹג:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the jabs of a sword** For he stirs up the people and causes them to kill.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:18:3)

**וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים.** הַמֵּבִיא שָׁלוֹם בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵירוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the tongue of the wise** which brings peace between one man and his fellow.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:4
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:18:4)

**מַרְפֵּא.** לַמִּבְטָא הַהוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**brings healing** to that speech.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:19:1)

**שְׂפַת אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן לָעַד.** תִּתְבַּסֵּס וּתְקַיֵּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A true tongue will be established forever** It will be established and will endure.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:19:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:19:2)

**וְעַד אַרְגִּיעָה.** לִמְעַט רֶגַע הוּא כָּלֶה וְהוֹלֵךְ, שֶׁהַשֶּׁקֶר אֵין לוֹ רַגְלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**just for a moment** In a fleeting moment, it perishes and leaves, for falsehood has no feet.


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

**מִרְמָה בְּלֶב חֹרְשֵׁי רָע.** וּמִתּוֹךְ שֶׁהֵם טְרוּדִים בְּמַחֲשָׁבוֹת שֶׁל תַּרְמִית, אֵין לָהֶם שִׂמְחָה, **וּלְיוֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is deceit in the heart of those who plot evil** and since they are occupied with their thoughts of deceit, they have no joy—but for the counselors of peace, there is joy.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:21:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:21:1)

**לֹא יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק.** לֹא יֶאֱרַע, לֹא תִזְדַּמֵּן לוֹ עֲבֵרָה בְּלִי דַעַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**No wrong shall be caused for the righteous** It will not happen. No sin will chance before him inadvertently.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:23:1)

**אָדָם עָרוּם כּוֹסֶה דָּעַת.** אֲפִלּוּ בְּחָכְמָתוֹ הוּא צָנוּעַ, וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן לְדִבְרֵי שְׁטוּת הוּא מְכַסֶּה. אֲבָל **וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּלֶת.** מַכְרִיז אִוֶּלֶת בְּקוֹל רָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A cunning man conceals knowledge** Even in his wisdom, he is discreet—he surely conceals words of foolishness; but the heart of the fool announces foolishness aloud.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:24:1)

**יַד חֲרוּצִים.** יְשָׁרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The hand of the diligent** The upright.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:24:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:24:2)

**תִּמְשׁוֹל.** תַּעֲשִׁיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will rule** Will make wealthy.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:25:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:25:1)

**דְּאָגָה בְלֶב אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה.** יְשִׂיחֶנָּה מִדַּעְתּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If there is concern in a man’s heart, let him cast it down** Let him divert his attention from it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:25:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:25:2)

**וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶנָּה.** יַעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, וְהִיא תְּשַׂמַּח אֶת הַדְּאָגָה שֶׁבְּלִבּוֹ וְתַצִּילֶנּוּ מִמֶּנָּה. וּלְדִבְרֵי הָאוֹמֵר: יְשִׂיחֶנָּה לַאֲחֵרִים, כָּךְ סוֹפוֹ שֶׁל מִקְרָא: **וְדָבָר טוֹב.** שֶׁיְּנַחֲמֶנּוּ חֲבֵרוֹ, יְשַׂמַּח אֶת הַדְּאָגָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a good word will make it cheerful** Let him engage in the Torah which will cause the concern in his heart to rejoice and save him therefrom. And according to the one who says, “he should tell it to others,” this is [the meaning of] the end of the verse: And a good word with which his friend consoles him will cause the concern to rejoice.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:26:1)

**יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק.** הַצַּדִּיק מְוַתֵּר מִדּוֹתָיו וְעוֹבֵר עֲלֵיהֶם יָתֵר, לְרֵיי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The righteous is more generous than his neighbor** Heb. יתר. The righteous renounces his measures and passes over them. יתר large in French. That is freigebig in German, generous.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:26:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:26:2)

**וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים.** שֶׁהִיא לְמוּדָה לְהָרַע, הִיא **תַּתְעֵם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the wicked** who is accustomed to harming will lead them astray.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:27:1)

**לֹא יַחֲרֹךְ.** מְחֻבָּר לַמִּקְרָא שֶׁלְּפָנָיו, כְּלוֹמַר: דֶּרֶךְ רָשָׁע תַּתְעֵהוּ, וְ**לֹא יַחֲרֹךְ אֶת צֵידוֹ שֶׁל רְמִיָּה שֶׁלּוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He will not roast** This is connected to the above verse; that is to say that the way of the wicked will mislead him, and he will not roast the prey of his deceit.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:27:2)

**לֹא יַחֲרֹךְ.** לֹא יַצְלִיחַ בְּתַרְמִיתוֹ. וּלְפִי שֶׁדִּבֵּר בִּלְשׁוֹן צַיִד, נוֹפֵל בּוֹ לְשׁוֹן חֲרִיכָה, שֶׁהַצַּיָּד הַמַּצְלִיחַ צָד אֶת הָעוֹפוֹת וְחוֹרְכָן בָּאֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He will not roast;** he will not succeed with his deceit. As he [Solomon] spoke with a figure of prey, an expression of roasting is appropriate, for the successful hunter hunts the birds and roasts them in fire.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:27:3)

**וְהוֹן אָדָם יָקָר חָרוּץ.** מִקְרָא מְסֹרָס הוּא **וְהוֹן אָדָם** שֶׁהוּא **חָרוּץ יָקָר** הוּא, מָמוֹן אָדָם כָּשֵׁר יָקָר הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the wealth of an honest man is precious** Heb. יקר חרוץ. This is an inverted verse. But the wealth of a man who is honest is precious.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:4
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:27:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:27:4)

**חָרוּץ.** עוֹשֶׂה אֱמֶת, כְּמוֹ ״יַד חֲרוּצִים תַּעֲשִׁיר״ (משלי י:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**honest** Heb. חרוץ, one who deals honestly, as in (10:4): “and the hand of those who make true decisions (חרוצים) will make [them] rich.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:28:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:28:1)

**בְּאֹרַח צְדָקָה חַיִּים וְדֶרֶךְ נְתִיבָה.** שֶׁל צְדָקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the road of charity is life, and [on] the way of its path** of charity.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 12:28:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 12:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/12:28:2)

**אַל מָוֶת.** לֹא יָמוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is no death** He will not die.