## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 15

###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:4:1)

**וְסֶלֶף בָּהּ שֶׁבֶר בְּרוּחַ.** כְּשֶׁיְּסַלֵּף בַּלָּשׁוֹן, סוֹפָהּ לְהָבִיא עָלָיו שֶׁבֶר הַבָּא בְּרוּחַ קָדִים, הַמּוּכָנָה לְהִפָּרַע מִן הָרְשָׁעִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר ״בְּרוּחַ קָדִים עַזָּה״ (שמות יד:כא), ״בְּרוּחַ קָדִים אֲפִיצֵם״ (ירמיה יח:יז), ״בְּרוּחַ קָדִים תְּשַׁבֵּר אֳנִיּוֹת תַּרְשִׁישׁ״ (תהלים מח:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but if there is perverseness in it, it causes destruction by wind** When one is perverse with his tongue, it will ultimately bring upon him destruction that comes from the east wind, which is prepared to mete out retribution upon the wicked, as it is stated (Ex. 14:21): “with a strong east wind”; (Jer. 18: 17): “Like an east wind I will scatter them”; and (Ps. 48:8): “With an east wind, You break the ships of Tarshish.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:6:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:6:1)

**בֵּית צַדִּיק חֹסֶן רָב.** בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁבָּנָה דָּוִד הַצַּדִּיק חֹסֶן רַב וּמִגְדַּל עֹז לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The house of a righteous man possesses great strength** The Temple that David the Righteous built is a great strength and a mighty tower for Israel.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:6:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:6:2)

**וּבִתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע נֶעְכָּרֶת.** וּבַהֲבָאַת הַצֶּלֶם שֶׁהֵבִיא מְנַשֶּׁה (דברי הימים ב לג:ז) בָּהּ נֶעְכְּרָה (דברים רבה ב:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but it becomes ruined with the bringing of the wicked man** But with the bringing of the idols that Manasseh brought into it, it was ruined.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:7:1)

**שִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים יְזָרוּ דָעַת.** יַכְתִּירוּ דַעַת, כְּמוֹ ״זֵר זָהָב״ (שמות כה:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The lips of the wise crown knowledge** יזרו, they crown knowledge, as in (Ex. 25: “a gold crown (זר).”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:7:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:7:2)

**לֹא כֵן.** אֵינוֹ אֱמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is not so** It is not true gold.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:8:1)

**זֶבַח רְשָׁעִים.** תּוֹעֵבָה בָּלָק וּבִלְעָם (במדבר כב-כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord** Balak and Balaam.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:8:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:8:2)

**וּתְפִלַּת יְשָׁרִים.** זֶה מֹשֶׁה :

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the prayer of the upright** This is Moses.


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

**מוּסָר רָע לְעוֹזֵב אֹרַח.** יִסּוּרִים קָשִׁים מוּכָנִים לְעוֹבֵר אֹרַח שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Harsh discipline will come to him who forsakes the way** Harsh suffering is ready for him who transgresses the way of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:11:1)

**שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן נֶגֶד ה׳.** גָּלוּי לְפָנָיו כָּל אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹכָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The grave and Destruction are opposite the Lord** It is revealed to Him all that are therein.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:11:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:11:2)

**אַף כִּי.** קַל וָחֹמֶר הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**surely people’s hearts** This is an inference from a major to a minor.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:13:1)

**לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִיב פָּנִים.** אִם תְּשַׂמַּח לִבּוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּלֶכְתְּךָ בִּדְרָכָיו, וְיֵיטִיב לְךָ פָּנָיו לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל רְצוֹנְךָ. וְאִם תְּעַצְּבֵהוּ, יַרְאֶה לְךָ **רוּחַ נְכֵאָה,** כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמַר (בראשית ו:ו-ז) ״וַיִּתְעַצֵּב אֶל לִבּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ אֶמְחֶה אֶת הָאָדָם וְגוֹמֵר״. **רוּחַ נְכֵאָה** טלנ״ט, רוּחַ שֶׁל זַעַף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A merry heart makes a cheerful face** If you cheer up the heart of the Holy One, blessed be He, by following His ways, He will show you a cheerful face to do your will, but if you sadden Him, He will show you a breaking spirit, as it is stated (Gen. 6:6f): “And He became saddened to His heart. And the Lord said, ‘I will erase man, etc.’“ **a breaking spirit** (Talant in Old French, explained in Ecc. 1:6) a spirit of fury.


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

**כָּל יְמֵי עָנִי רָעִים.** וַאֲפִלּוּ שַׁבָּתוֹת וְיָמִים טוֹבִים, דְּאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל (סנהדרין ק:): שִׁנּוּי וֶסֶת תְּחִלַּת חֳלִי מֵעַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All the days of a poor man are wretched** Even Sabbaths and festivals, as Samuel said. A change of diet is the beginning of intestinal disorders.


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

**וְטוֹב לֵב.** מִי שֶׁלִּבּוֹ טוֹב בְּעָשְׁרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he who has a cheerful heart** One whose heart is cheerful with his wealth.


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

**מִשְׁתֶּה תָמִיד.** כָּל שְׁנוֹתָיו דּוֹמוֹת לוֹ יְמֵי מִשְׁתֶּה, לְלַמֶּדְךָ שֶׁיְּהֵא אָדָם שָׂמֵחַ בְּחֶלְקוֹ (אבות ד:א). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ מַה שֶּׁדָּרְשׁוּ בְּחֵלֶק (סנהדרין ק:-קא.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**always has a feast** All his years seem to him like days of feasting to teach you that a person should be happy with his lot (Avoth 4:1). And our Sages expounded [on this] in the chapter entitled Chelek (Sanh. 100b, 101a).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:16:1)

**טוֹב מְעַט בְּיִרְאַת ה׳ מֵאוֹצָר רָב וּמְהוּמָה בוֹ.** קוֹל בְּנֵי אָדָם צוֹעֲקִים, שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה הָאוֹצָר מִגֶּזֶל וְחָמָס. כְּמוֹ ״וּרְאוּ מְהוּמוֹת רַבּוֹת בְּתוֹכָהּ וַעֲשׁוּקִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ״ (עמוס ג:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Better a little with the fear of the Lord, than a great treasury and turmoil with it** The voice of people shouting that the treasury was made from robbery and violence, as in (Amos 3:9): “And see great confusions within it and people being oppressed in its midst.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:17:1)

**מִשּׁוֹר אָבוּס.** שֶׁאוֹבְסִין לוֹ הַמַּאֲכָל בְּפִיו עַל כָּרְחוֹ כְּדֵי לְפַטְּמוֹ, וְכֵן ״בַּרְבֻּרִים אֲבוּסִים״ (מלכים א ד:כג). וְיֵשׁ לְמוֹשְׁלוֹ כְּנֶגֶד קֹמֶץ מְעַט שֶׁל עָנִי שֶׁחָבִיב מִשּׁוֹר חַטָּאת שֶׁל רָשָׁע. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **טוֹב אֲרֻחַת יָרָק** לָתֵת לֶעָנִי, **וְאַהֲבָה שָׁם** לְהַרְאוֹת לוֹ פָּנִים יָפוֹת **מִשּׁוֹר אָבוּס** לְהַאֲכִילוֹ בָּשָׂר שָׁמֵן וְיַרְאֵנוּ פָּנִים זוֹעֲפוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**than a fattened ox** To feed him fat meat and to show him an angry countenance. than a fattened ox אבוס. An ox into whose mouth they stuff the food against his will, in order to fatten him. Likewise (I Kings 5:3): “fatted (אבוסים) fowl.” And it can be explained allegorically as referring to the handful—the little bit offered up by the poor—[being better] than an ox for a sin-offering offered up by a wicked man. Another explanation: **Better a repast of herbs** To give a poor man. **where there is love** To show him a friendly countenance.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:18:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:18:1)

**אִישׁ חֵמָה יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן.** אָדָם שֶׁאֵין מַעֲצוֹר לְרוּחוֹ לְהַאֲרִיךְ חֲמָתוֹ, **יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A man of wrath stirs up quarrel** A man who has no control over his anger, to be slow to anger, stirs up quarrels.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:18:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:18:2)

**וְאֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְמַהֵר לְהִנָּקֵם וְלָרִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he who is slow to anger** Who does not hasten to take revenge and to quarrel.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:18:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:18:3)

**יַשְׁקִיט רִיב.** שֶׁהוּא כָּלֶה וְשָׁקַט מֵעָלָיו (ס״א: מֵאֵלָיו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**abates strife** It ends and abates by itself.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:19:1)

**דֶּרֶךְ עָצֵל כִּמְשׂוּכַת חָדֶק.** דּוֹמֶה בְּעֵינָיו כְּאִלּוּ הַדְּרָכִים גְּדוּרִים לְפָנָיו בְּגֶדֶר חֲדָקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The way of a lazy man is like a hedge of thorns** In his eyes, it appears as though the roads are fenced before him with a fence of thorns.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:19:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:19:2)

**מְשׂוּכַת.** גָּדֵר, כְּמוֹ ״הָסֵר מְשׂוּכָתוֹ״ (ישעיה ה:ה). **חֵדֶק** – קוֹצִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a hedge of** Heb. כמשכת. A fence, as in (Isa. 5:5): “I will remove its hedge (משוכתו).”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:19:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:19:3)

**וְאֹרַח יְשָׁרִים סְלוּלָה.** כְּבוּשָׁה וּמוּפְנָה. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (תנחומא, כי תשא א): דַּרְכּוֹ שֶׁל עֵשָׂו כְּקוֹץ זֶה הַנִּסְבָּךְ בְּגִזַּת צֶמֶר, אִם תִּטְּלֵהוּ מִכָּאן, הוּא מִתְעָרֶה בְּכָאן; כָּךְ אֵין אָדָם יָכוֹל לָצֵאת יְדֵי עֲלִילוֹתָיו בְּלֹא מָמוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**thorns** Heb. חדק, thorns. but the path of the upright is even סללה, trodden and cleared. The Midrash Aggadah (Pesikta d’Rav Kahana 11a) states: The way of Esau is like a thorn entangled in a fleece of wool. If you extract it from here, it catches on here. Likewise, no one can extricate himself from his false accusations without money.


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

**בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח אָב וּכְסִיל אָדָם בּוֹזֶה אִמּוֹ.** גּוֹרֵם לְאִמּוֹ שֶׁמְּבַזִּים אוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wise son makes his father happy, but a foolish person despises his mother** He causes people to despise his mother.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:21:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:21:1)

**אִוֶּלֶת.** שִׂמְחָה הִיא לַחֲסַר לֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Folly is joy** It is joy for the one devoid of sense.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:22:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:22:1)

**הָפֵר מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּאֵין סוֹד.** בְּלֹא עֵצָה לֹא תָקוּם מַחֲשָׁבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Plans are foiled for lack of counsel** Without counsel, the plan will not be established.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:23:1)

**שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה פִיו.** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ: עַל יְדֵי מַעֲנֶה רַךְ וְדִבּוּר נַחַת, הַבְּרִיּוֹת אוֹהֲבִים אוֹתוֹ. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דְּרָשׁוּהוּ עַל בַּעֲלֵי גִּירְסָא (סנהדרין קא.): אִם מוֹצְאִים בְּפִיהֶם מַעֲנֶה, אָז תִּתְקַיֵּם בָּם וְיִשְׂמְחוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A man has joy with the response of his mouth** According to its apparent meaning: Through a soft answer and gentle speech, people love him. Our Sages expounded it as referring to those who memorize the Torah; if they utter an answer with their mouth, they will remember it and rejoice with it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:23:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:23:2)

**וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה טּוֹב.** שׁוֹאֲלִים בְּהִלְכוֹת הַפֶּסַח וּבְהִלְכוֹת הֶחָג בִּזְמַנּוֹ (פסחים ו.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and how good is a word in time!** They ask concerning the laws of Passover and the laws of Sukkoth in their season.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 15:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/15:24:1)

**אֹרַח חַיִּים לְמַעְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּיל.** כְּמוֹ ״שְׂרָפִים עֹמְדִים מִמַּעַל לוֹ״ (ישעיהו ו:ב), כְּלוֹמַר: לִפְנֵי הֶחָכָם קְשׁוּטָה וּמוּכָנָה אֹרַח חַיִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The path of life is above the intelligent person** As in (Isa. 6:2): “Seraphim stood above for Him.” Before the wise man, the path of life is arrayed and prepared.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:27:1
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**עוֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ.** שֶׁהוּא **בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**troubles his own house** he who is greedy of gain.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:27:2
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**וְשׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנוֹת יִחְיֶה.** מֵאַחַר שֶׁהוּא שׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנוֹת, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן שֶׁשּׂוֹנֵא אֶת הַגָּזֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he who hates gifts will live** Since he hates gifts, he surely hates robbery.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:28:1
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**לֵב צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה לַעֲנוֹת.** יַחְשֹׁב וְיָבִין מַה יַּעֲנֶה, קֹדֶם שֶׁיָּשִׁיב דָּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The heart of a righteous man thinks to answer** He will think and understand what to answer before replying.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:30:1
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**מְאוֹר עֵינַיִם.** בַּתּוֹרָה:

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


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:30:2
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**יְשַׂמַּח לֵב.** שֶׁשּׁוֹאֲלִין מִמֶּנּוּ דָּבָר וְיוֹדֵעַ מַה לְּהָשִׁיב. וּלְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ: דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא תַּאֲוָה לְמַרְאוֹת עֵינַיִם, יְשַׂמַּח הַלֵּב וּמְצַחְצֵחַ תּוּגַת הַלֵּב, כְּגוֹן גַּן יָרָק וּנְהָרוֹת הַמּוֹשְׁכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**makes the heart happy** when they ask him something, and he knows what to answer. According to its simple meaning, it is to be interpreted according to its apparent meaning: A thing that is a delight to the sight of the eyes makes the heart happy and cleanses the sadness of the heart, such as a vegetable garden and flowing rivers.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 15:33:1
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**וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה.** הָעֲנָוָה גּוֹרֶמֶת שֶׁהַכָּבוֹד בָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and before honor there is humility** Humility causes honor to come.