## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 13

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

**בֵּן חָכָם מוּסַר אָב.** מִקְרָא קָצָר הוּא: **בֵּן חָכָם** שׁוֹאֵל וְאוֹהֵב **מוּסַר אָב.** וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: בִּשְׁבִיל **מוּסַר הָאָב** הוּא **חָכָם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wise son... his father’s discipline** This is an elliptical verse: a wise son asks for and loves his father’s discipline. Some say: Because of the father’s discipline, he is wise.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:1:2
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**וְלֵץ.** לֹא שָׁמַע גְּעָרָה שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל תּוֹכָחוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a scorner does not listen to rebuke** For he does not accept reproof.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:2:1
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**מִפְּרִי פִי אִישׁ יֹאכַל טוֹב.** מִשְּׂכַר תּוֹרָתוֹ יֹאכַל טוֹב בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, וְהַקֶּרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the fruit of man’s mouth he will eat good** From the reward of his Torah, he will eat the good in this world and the principal will exist in the world to come.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:2:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 13:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/13:2:2)

**וְנֶפֶשׁ בֹּגְדִים חָמָס.** וְחֵפֶץ בּוֹגְדִים חָמָס, כְּמוֹ ״אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁכֶם״ (בראשית כג:ח), ״אַל תִּתְּנֵנִי בְּנֶפֶשׁ צָרָי״ (תהלים כז:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the desire of the treacherous is violence** Heb. ונפש. The desire of the treacherous is violence, as in (Gen. 23:8): “If it is your desire (נפשכם)” and (Ps. 27:12): “Do not give me for the desire of (בנפש) my adversaries.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:3:1
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**נוֹצֵר פִּיו שׁוֹמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ פֹּשֵׂק שְׂפָתָיו.** פּוֹתֵחַ שְׂפָתָיו לְדַבֵּר תָּמִיד כָּל רוּחוֹ, מִן ״וַתְּפַשְּׂקִי אֶת רַגְלַיִךְ״ (יחזקאל טז:כה) לְשׁוֹן רָחָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one who opens his lips wide** Heb. פשק, opens his lips to speak constantly all his desire, from (Ezek. 16:25): “And you spread wide (ותפשקי) your legs,” an expression of wideness.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:4:1
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**מִתְאַוָּה וָאַיִן נַפְשׁוֹ עָצֵל.** מִתְאַוָּה נַפְשׁוֹ לְכָל טוֹב וָאַיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The soul of the lazy man desires but has nothing** His soul desires all good, but has nothing.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:4:2
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**וְנֶפֶשׁ חֲרֻצִים תְּדֻשָּׁן:** יְשָׁרִים הָאוֹכְלִים יְגִיעַ כַּפֵּיהֶם. זֶהוּ מַשְׁמָעוֹ לְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ. וּלְפִי מְשָׁלוֹ: לֶעָתִיד יִרְאֶה בִּכְבוֹד תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים וְיִתְאַוֶּה, וְלֹא יַשִּׂיג לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the soul of the diligent shall be sated** The upright who eat from the toil of their hands. This is its meaning according to its simple interpretation. According to its allegorical meaning, in the future he will see the glory of the Torah scholar and long for it, but he will not achieve it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:5:1
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**דְּבַר שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא צַדִּיק.** הַצַּדִּיק שׂוֹנֵא דְּבַר שֶׁקֶר, אֲבָל הָרָשָׁע מְקַבְּלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The righteous man hates a false word** The righteous man hates a false word, but the wicked accepts it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:5:2
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**יַבְאִישׁ וְיַחְפִּיר.** אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת בְּכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**disgraces and embarrasses** the people therewith.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:6:1
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**וְרִשְׁעָה תְּסַלֵּף חַטָּאת.** כְּמוֹ חוֹטֵא, וְעַל שֶׁהוּא רָשָׁע גָּמוּר קוֹרְאֵהוּ חַטָּאת. וּמַשְׁמָעוּתָהּ: אֶת הַחוֹטֵא תְּסַלֵּף רִשְׁעָתוֹ, תְּקַלְקֵל אוֹתוֹ וְתַשְׁפִּילֵהוּ. כָּל סִלּוּף – קִלְקוּל וְכִשָּׁלוֹן הוּא, כְּמוֹ ״אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תְּסַלֵּף דַּרְכּוֹ״ (משלי יט:ג), וְתָבוֹא עָלָיו רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but wickedness brings ruin upon the sinner** Heb. חטאת, lit. sin. Like חטאת, a sinner, but since he is completely wicked, he calls him חטאת, sin. The meaning is that his wickedness will bring ruin upon the sinner and humble him. Every expression of סלוף means ruin and stumbling, like (below 19:3) “A person’s foolishness ruins (תסלף) his way,” and brings evil upon him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:7:1
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**יֵשׁ מִתְעַשֵּׁר וְאֵין כֹּל.** מַרְאֶה עַצְמוֹ עָשִׁיר. דָּבָר אַחֵר: יֵשׁ אָדָם שֶׁהוּא מִתְעַשֵּׁר בְּסוֹפוֹ, וְאֵין לוֹ כְּלוּם בִּתְחִלָּתוֹ, וְיֵשׁ שֶׁהוּא בָּא לִידֵי עֲנִיּוּת מִמָּמוֹן גָּדוֹל. דָּבָר אַחֵר: מִתְעַשֵּׁר בְּגֶזֶל עֲנִיִּים, וְסוֹף אֵין לוֹ כְּלוּם, וְיֵשׁ **מִתְרוֹשֵׁשׁ** עַל יְדֵי שֶׁפִּזֵּר וְנָתַן לָאֶבְיוֹנִים, **וְהוֹן רָב** מוּכָן לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is one who feigns riches** He shows himself to be rich. Another explanation: There is a man who becomes rich in the end but has nothing in the beginning, and there is one who comes to poverty from great riches. Another explanation: There is one who becomes wealthy by robbing the poor, but in the end he has nothing, and there is one who becomes poor by scattering his money and giving it to the poor, but great wealth is in store for him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:8:1
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**כֹּפֶר נֶפֶשׁ אִישׁ עָשְׁרוֹ.** עָשְׁרוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם הוּא כֹּפֶר נַפְשׁוֹ, שֶׁעָשָׂה מִמֶּנּוּ צְדָקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The ransom of a man’s soul is his wealth** A man’s wealth is the ransom of his soul, for he performed charity with it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:8:2
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**וְרָשׁ לֹא שָׁמַע גְּעָרָה.** וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יַשְׁמִיעַ גְּעָרָה לָרָשׁ שֶׁנּוֹתֵן לוֹ וְאֵינוֹ מַכְלִימוֹ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **כֹּפֶר נֶפֶשׁ אִישׁ עָשְׁרוֹ**, תּוֹרָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as long as the poor man has not heard a rebuke** As long as he does not let the poor man hear a rebuke, i.e., he gives to him and does not embarrass him. Another explanation: **The ransom of a man’s soul is his wealth** His Torah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:8:3
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**וְרָשׁ.** בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה **לֹא שָׁמַע גְּעָרָה.** אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לָסוּר מִן הָרָעָה, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא נִזְהָר. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: עַל ״מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל״ מְדַבֵּר, שֶׁהִטִּיל הַכָּתוּב עַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהִשְׁוָה בּוֹ דַּל וְעָשִׁיר (שמות ל:טו); שֶׁאֵין הָרָשׁ שׁוֹמֵעַ גְּעָרָה וּכְלִמָּה מִן הֶעָשִׁיר, לֵאמֹר לוֹ: חֶלְקִי גָּדוֹל מֵחֶלְקְךָ בְּקָרְבְּנוֹת צִבּוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a poor man** in the words of Torah, **did not hear a rebuke** He does not know to turn away from evil, since he is not cautious. The Midrash Aggadah interprets it as speaking of the half-shekel, which Scripture levied on all Israel and made the poor and the rich equal in that respect—so that the poor does not hear a rebuke from the rich, saying to him, “My share is greater than your share in the public sacrifices.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:9:1
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**יִדְעָךְ.** לְשׁוֹן קְפִיצָה, שֶׁהַשַּׁלְהֶבֶת קוֹפֶצֶת וְנִכְרֶתֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will ebb away** Heb. ידעך, an expression of springing, for the flame springs and is cut off.


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

**רַק בְּזָדוֹן יִתֵּן מַצָּה.** מַחֲלֹקֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Only with wickedness does one cause quarrels** Heb. מצה, controversy.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:10:2
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**וְאֶת נוֹעָצִים.** וְעִם הַמִּתְיַעֲצִים תָּלִין חָכְמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but there is wisdom with those who take counsel** But wisdom lies with those who behave with counsel.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 13:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/13:11:1)

**הוֹן מֵהֶבֶל יִמְעָט.** עוֹשֶׂה גִּרְסָתוֹ חֲבִילוֹת חֲבִילוֹת **יִמְעָט**, שֶׁיִּשְׁתַּכַּח מִמֶּנּוּ מְעַט מְעַט (עבודה זרה יט.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wealth gotten by vanity** One who makes his study in bundles. **shall be diminished** For he will forget it little by little.


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

**תּוֹחֶלֶת מְמֻשָּׁכָה.** מַבְטִיחַ עַצְמוֹ עַל חֲבֵירוֹ וְאֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hope deferred** He relies on his friend and does nothing.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:12:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 13:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/13:12:2)

**מַחֲלָה לֵב.** מְבִיאָה חוֹלִי לַלֵּב, וְאֵין מַחֲלָה זֶה שֵׁם דָּבָר כְּמוֹ ״וַהֲסִרֹתִי מַחֲלָה מִקִּרְבֶּךָ״ (שמות כג:כה) אֶלָּא כְּמוֹ ״מַעֲלֵה גֵרָה״ (ויקרא יא:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**makes the heart sick** Heb. מחלה, brings sickness to the heart. This מחלה is not a noun like (Ex. 23:25): “And I will remove sickness (מחלה) from your midst,” but like (Lev. 11:6): “bringing up (מעלת) the cud.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:12:3
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**וְעֵץ חַיִּים תַּאֲוָה בָאָה.** מְסֹרָס הוּא, כְּלוֹמַר: **תַּאֲוָה בָאָה** הֲרֵי הוּא **כְּעֵץ חַיִּים.** תּוֹחֶלֶת שֶׁהוֹחִיל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְצִפָּה שֶׁיָּשׁוּבוּ, וְהֵם לֹא שָׁבוּ, סוֹף בָּאָה לָהֶם לְמַחֲלַת לֵב; וּכְשֶׁתַּאֲוָתוֹ בָאָה, שֶׁהֵם עוֹשִׂין רְצוֹנוֹ, **עֵץ חַיִּים** הִיא לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life** lit. but a tree of life is a desire fulfilled. This is inverted; i.e., a desire fulfilled is like a tree of life. The hope that the Holy One, blessed be He, had hoped for Israel and looked forward for them to repent—brought them ultimately to heartsickness when they did not repent. And when His desire is fulfilled—that they comply with His will—it is a tree of life to them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:13:1
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**בָּז לְדָבָר יֵחָבֶל לוֹ.** הַבּוֹזֶה אֶחָד מִדִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה, סוֹף מִתְמַשְׁכֵּן עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who despises a thing will be pledged to it** Heb. יחבל. He who despises one of the words of the Torah will ultimately be taken for it as a pledge.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:13:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 13:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/13:13:2)

**וִירֵא מִצְוָה הוּא יְשֻׁלָּם.** יְקַבֵּל שָׂכָר. וּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים דּוֹרֵשׁ **בָּז לְדָבָר יֵחָבֶל לוֹ** עַל דָּוִד שֶׁאָמַר לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מָה הֲנָאָה בַּשּׁוֹטִים שֶׁבָּרָאתָ? אָמַר לוֹ: חַיֶּיךָ, סוֹף שֶׁתִּצְטָרֵךְ לְשִׁטּוּת; כְּשֶׁבָּא לִפְנֵי אָכִישׁ לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ ״וַיּוֹרֶד רִירוֹ עַל זְקָנוֹ וְגוֹמֵר״ (שמואל א כא:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he who reveres a commandment will be rewarded** lit. will be paid. He will receive a reward. Midrash Tehillim expounds: “He who despises a thing will be pledged to it” concerning David, who said before the Holy One, blessed be He, “Of what use are the madmen that You created?” He replied, “By your life, you will ultimately need madness.” When he came before Achish to feign madness, “and he let his saliva run down upon his beard, etc.” (I Sam. 21:14).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:14:1
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**תּוֹרַת חָכָם מְקוֹר חַיִּים.** שֶׁהִיא מְלַמְּדַתּוֹ **לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָוֶת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The instruction of a wise man is a spring of life** for he teaches him to turn away from the snares of death.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:15:1
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**וְדֶרֶךְ בּוֹגְדִים אֵיתָן.** קָשֶׁה לוֹ וְלַאֲחֵרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the way of the treacherous is harsh** It is harsh for him and for others.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:16:1
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**כָּל עָרוּם יַעֲשֶׂה בְדָעַת.** מַעֲשֵׂהוּ, כְּגוֹן דָּוִד: ״יְבַקְשׁוּ לַאדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ נַעֲרָה בְתוּלָה וְגוֹמֵר״ (מלכים א א:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Every cunning man acts with forethought** He performs his deeds with forethought, like David: “Let them seek for my lord, the king, a young girl, a virgin, etc.” (I Kings 1:2).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:16:2
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**וּכְסִיל יִפְרֹשׂ אִוֶּלֶת.** זֶה אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, ״וְיַפְקֵד הַמֶּלֶךְ״ (אסתר ב:ג). יוֹדְעִים הָיוּ שֶׁלֹּא יִשָּׂא לְכֻלָּם, וּמִי שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ בַת הִטְמִינָהּ (מגילה יב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a fool exposes [his] stupidity** This is Ahasuerus (Esther 2:3): “Let the king appoint, etc.” They knew that he would not marry them all. Therefore, whoever had a daughter concealed her.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:17:1
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**מַלְאָךְ רָשָׁע יִפֹּל בְּרָע.** כְּגוֹן בִּלְעָם, שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא ״לֵךְ עִם הָאֲנָשִׁים״ (במדבר כב:כ, לה), וְהִרְשִׁיעַ לְהַשִּׂיא לְבָלָק עֵצָה רָעָה; לְכָךְ נָפַל בַּחֶרֶב (במדבר לא:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wicked messenger falls into evil** like Balaam, to whom the Holy One, blessed be He, said (Num. 22:35): “Go with the men,” but he dealt wickedly to entice Balak to follow his evil counsel; therefore, he fell by the sword.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:17:2
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**וְצִיר אֱמוּנִים מַרְפֵּא.** זֶה מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a faithful emissary brings healing** This is Moses, our teacher.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:18:1
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**רֵישׁ וְקָלוֹן.** דַּלּוּת וְקָלוֹן בָּאִים עַל פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Poverty and disgrace** Poverty and disgrace come upon him who spurns discipline.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:19:1
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**תֶּעֱרַב לַנֶּפֶשׁ.** כְּשֶׁבָּאָה תַּאֲוָתוֹ לוֹ לָאָדָם, הִיא עֲרֵבָה לְנַפְשׁוֹ; וּלְכָךְ תּוֹעֲבַת כְּסִיל לָסוּר מֵרָע, לְפִי שֶׁעָרֵב לָהֶם לְמַלֵּא תַּאֲוָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**pleases the soul** When a person’s desire comes to him it pleases his soul. Therefore, it is an abomination to a fool to turn away from evil because it pleases him to gratify his desire.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:19:2
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**נִהְיָה.** הֹוֶה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **תַּאֲוָה נִהְיָה** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִתְאַוֶּה שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל רְצוֹנוֹ, וּבִהְיוֹת תַּאֲוָתוֹ בָּאָה, עֲרֵבָה לוֹ. וְתוֹעֲבַת רְשָׁעִים – שֶׁיָּסוּרוּ מֵרָעָתָם, לְמַלֹּאות תַּאֲוָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fulfilled** Heb. נהיה, lit. is. Another explanation: **a desire fulfilled** The Holy One, blessed be He, desires that Israel do His will, and when His desire is fulfilled, it pleases Him. And it is the abomination of the wicked that they turn away from their evil to gratify their desire.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:20:1
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**הוֹלֵךְ אֶת חֲכָמִים.** יֶחְכָּם, **וְרֹעֶה כְסִילִים** הַמְחַבֵּר לוֹ כְּסִילִים לִהְיוֹת לוֹ רֵעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who goes with the wise will become wise, but he who befriends the fools** Who joins fools to be his friends.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:20:2
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**יֵרוֹעַ.** יְרוּצַּץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will be broken** Heb. ירוע, will be shattered.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:21:1
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**חַטָּאִים תְּרַדֵּף רָעָה.** אָדָם רָשָׁע, רִשְׁעָתוֹ רוֹדַפְתּוֹ עַד הִשָּׁמְדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Evil will pursue the sinners** As for a wicked man, his wickedness pursues him to his destruction.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:22:1
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**טוֹב יַנְחִיל.** אֶת זְכוּתוֹ וְאֶת מָמוֹנוֹ לִבְנֵי בָנָיו, אֲבָל חוֹטֵא אֵינוֹ מַנְחִיל לְבָנָיו, כִּי **צָפוּן חֵילוֹ** וּמָמוֹנוֹ **לַצַּדִּיק**, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב ״וַתָּשֶׂם אֶסְתֵּר אֶת מָרְדֳּכַי עַל בֵּית הָמָן״ (אסתר ח:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A good man will leave an inheritance** of his merit and his property to his sons’ sons, but a sinner does not leave over an inheritance to his sons, for his wealth and his property are laid away for the righteous, as it is written (Esther 8:2): “And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:23:1
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**רָב אֹכֶל נִיר רָאשִׁים.** רָאִיתִי בַּמָּסֹרֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה: **רָב אֹכֶל.** שְׁלֹשִׁים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה ׳רָב׳ – קְמָצִין, וְזֶהוּ חֲטַף קָמַץ, וּמְחֻבָּר עִם אֹכֶל בְּמַקֵּף; וְ׳אֹכֶל׳ רָאִיתִי שָׁם: נָקוּד פַּתַּח (ר״ל סגול שהוא פתח קטן) וְטַעֲמוֹ לְעֵילָא, כְּמוֹ ״אֶת כָּל אֹכֶל הַשָּׁנִים הַטּוֹבוֹת״ (בראשית מא:לה). וּלְפִי נְקֻדָּתוֹ, זֶה פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: הַרְבֵּה תְּבוּאָה בָּאָה לָעוֹלָם עַל יְדֵי נִיר אֲנָשִׁים דַּלִּים, כְּלוֹמַר: הַרְבֵּה תּוֹרָה יוֹצְאָה עַל יְדֵי תַּלְמִידִים, שֶׁרַבּוֹתֵיהֶם לְמֵדִין מֵהֶם מִתּוֹךְ פִּלְפּוּלָם שֶׁמְּפַלְפְּלִים בַּהֲלָכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**An abundance of food is the result of the plowing of the poor** I saw in the great Masorah [on the words רב אכל]: The word רב appears thirty-three times with a “kamatz,” but this one has a short “kamatz,” and it is joined to the word אכל, food, with a “makkaf” (hyphen); and I saw there that אכל is vowelized with a “pattah” (i.e., a “segol” which is a small “pattah”), and it is accented on the first syllable, as in (Gen. 41:35): “all the food (אכל) of the good years.” According to its vowelization, this is its interpretation: Much grain comes to the world through the plowing of the poor people; i.e., much Torah emanates from pupils whose teachers learn from them through their debate concerning the halachah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:23:2
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**וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה.** וְיֵשׁ הַרְבֵּה מֵהֶם שֶׁהֵם כָּלִים מִן הָעוֹלָם בִּשְׁבִיל לֹא מִשְׁפָּט שֶׁאֵינָן נוֹהֲגִין כַּשּׁוּרָה, וּלְעִנְיַן הַתְּבוּאָה יֵשׁ תְּבוּאָה לוֹקָה בִּשְׁבִיל בְּעָלֶיהָ שֶׁאֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא מַעַשְׂרוֹתֶיהָ וּמַתְּנוֹת עֲנִיִּים כַּמִּשְׁפָּט, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת חֲגִיגָה (חגיגה ד:-ה.), **וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה** עַל שְׁלוּחוֹ שֶׁל מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת שֶׁמְּחַלֵּף שֵׁם בְּשֵׁם וּמֵמִית אֶת שֶׁלֹּא הִגִּיעַ זְמַנּוֹ אֲבָל אִם כֵּן הוּא אֵין עִנְיַן סוֹף הַפָּסוּק לְרֹאשׁוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and some perish** And many of them perish from the world because [they have] no propriety, for they do not behave properly; and concerning the grain, some grain suffers because of its owner, who does not separate its tithes and its gifts for the poor as is proper. Our Sages explained in tractate Hagigah (4b) “And some perish without justice,” concerning the messenger of the angel of death, who changes one name for another and causes the death of one whose time has not come. But, if it [this explanation] is so, the end of the verse has nothing to do with its beginning.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:24:1
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**חוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ.** סוֹפוֹ שֶׁשּׂוֹנֵא אֶת בְּנוֹ, שֶׁרוֹאֵהוּ בְּסוֹפוֹ יוֹצֵא לְתַרְבּוּת רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who holds back his rod** His end will be that he will hate his son because he will see him getting into mischief.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:24:2
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**שִׁחֲרוֹ מוּסָר.** תָּמִיד לַבְּקָרִים מְיַסְּרֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**disciplines him early** He always chastises him in the morning.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:25:1
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**לְשֹׂבַע נַפְשׁוֹ.** דּוֹמֶה שֶׁיְּהֵא שָׂבֵעַ (סא״א ונכתב תחתיו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to sate his appetite** It always seems to him that he is satisfied. (


###### Rashi on Proverbs 13:25:2
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**תֶּחְסָר.** אֵינוֹ דּוֹמֶה שֶׁיְּהֵא שָׂבֵעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall feel want** It does not seem to them that they are satisfied.)