## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 2

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

**בְּנִי אִם תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי. בְּנִי** תִּהְיֶה **אִם תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My son, if you accept my words** You will be my son if you accept my words.


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

**לְהַקְשִׁיב לַחָכְמָה.** לַעֲסוֹק בַּתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to make...attentive to wisdom** to toil in [learning] Torah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:5:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:5:1)

**אָז תָּבִין יִרְאַת ה׳.** מוּסָב עַל עִנְיָן שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה, שֶׁאָמַר **כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**then you will understand the fear of the Lord** This refers back to the topic above, in which he said, “For if you call for understanding.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:6:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:6:1)

**כִּי ה׳ יִתֵּן חָכְמָה.** הָא לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁגְּדוֹלָה הִיא, שֶׁהֲרֵי נִתְּנָה מִפִּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, לְכָךְ אַתָּה צָרִיךְ לִקְנוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the Lord gives wisdom** Here you have learned that it [wisdom] is great, for it was given from the mouth of the Holy One, blessed be He. Therefore, you must acquire it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:7:1)

**יִצְפֹּן לַיְשָׁרִים תּוּשִׁיָּה.** גְּנָזָהּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶצְלוֹ (תנחומא, לך לך יא) עֶשְׂרִים וָשֵׁשׁ דּוֹרוֹת עַד שֶׁנְּתָנָהּ לְדוֹר הַמִּדְבָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He lays up sound wisdom for the upright** The Holy One, blessed be He, hid it [wisdom] with Him for twenty-six generations until He gave it to the generation of the desert.


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

**מָגֵן לְהוֹלְכֵי תֹם.** (יִצְפֹּן מָגֵן לְהוֹלְכֵי תֹם), כְּלוֹמַר: וְהִיא תִּהְיֶה לְךָ לְמָגֵן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a shield for those who walk in integrity** (He lays up a shield for those who walk with integrity); i.e., it will be a shield for you.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:8:1)

**לִנְצֹר אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט.** שֶׁעַל יָדָהּ יִנְצְרוּ אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט, וְהוּא **דֶּרֶךְ חֲסִידָיו יִשְׁמֹר.** שֶׁלֹּא יִכָּשְׁלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to keep the paths of justice** For through it, they will keep the paths of justice, and He will guard the way of His pious so that they do not stumble.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:11:1)

**מְזִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ.** הַתּוֹרָה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**thought** Heb. מזמה. The Torah shall watch over you.


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

**מֵאִישׁ מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכוֹת.** הֵם הָאֶפִּיקוֹרְסִין שֶׁמַּטְעִין אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֱמוּנָתָן וּמְהַפְּכִין אֶת הַתּוֹרָה לְרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who speaks perversity** Those are the people who distort the thing. [Rashi as it appears in Lublin and Waxman ed.] Malbim ed. reads: who distorts the words of the Torah after his erroneous view. Vilna and Warsaw editions read: They are the apostates who distort the words of the Torah to evil.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:15:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:15:1)

**וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָם.** כָּל לְשׁוֹן ׳נָלוֹז׳ לְשׁוֹן ׳עַקְמִימוּת׳ הוּא, שֶׁבְּכָל מָקוֹם הוּא סָמוּךְ לְ׳עִקֵּשׁ׳ (משלי ד:כד), וְ׳עִקֵּשׁ׳ הוּא לְשׁוֹן ׳עָקוֹם׳, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וּמַעֲקַשִּׁים לְמִישׁוֹר״ (ישעיה מב:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and perverse in their paths** Heb. ונלוזים. Every expression of נלוז is an expression of crookedness, as it is always next to עקש, and עקש is an expression of crookedness, as it is stated (Isa. 42:16): “and crooked paths (ומעקשים) into straight ones.”


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

**וּנְלוֹזִים בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָם.** הֵם עֲקוּמִים בְּדַרְכֵיהֶם הַמְקֻלְקָלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and perverse in their paths** They are crooked in their corrupt ways.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:16:1)

**מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה.** מִכְּנֵסִיָּה שֶׁל אֲפִיקוֹרְסוּת וְהִיא הַמִּינוּת. וְלֹא יִתָּכֵן לוֹמַר, שֶׁלֹּא דִּבֵּר אֶלָּא עַל הַמְנָאֶפֶת מַמָּשׁ, כִּי מַה שִּׁבְחָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה שֶׁאָמַר כָּאן **לְהַצִּילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה** וְלֹא מֵעֲבֵירָה אַחֶרֶת? אֶלָּא זוֹ מִינוּת, שֶׁהוּא פְּרִיקַת עֹל שֶׁל כָּל הַמִּצְווֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To save you from a strange woman** From the assembly of idolatry [apostasy], which is sectarianism. It cannot be said that he spoke only of the actual adulteress, for what is the praise of the Torah, that he says here, “to save you from a strange woman,” and not from any other sin. Rather, this is the casting off of the yoke of all the commandments.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:18:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:18:1)

**כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ.** מוּסָב עַל **לְהַצִּילְךָ וְגוֹ׳**, כִּי תָבֹא אֶל בֵּיתָהּ, יָשַׁח וּמַחֲלִיק כְּמִדְרוֹן הַיּוֹרֵד אֶל מָוֶת. וְהַתּוֹרָה תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ מִנְּפִילָה זוֹ, הֲרֵי דָּבָר גָּדוֹל הוּא לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for her house sinks to death** This refers back to “to save you, etc.” for whoever comes to her house will sink and slip as if down an incline that leads to death, and the Torah will guard you from this fall. Hence, it is a great thing for you.


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

**רְפָאִים.** נִרְפִּים מִדֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹב וְנֶעֱזָבִים מֵאֵין סוֹמֵךְ, עַד שֶׁנּוֹפְלִים בַּגֵּיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the dead** Heb. רפאים, those who neglect (נרפים) the way of goodness and are forsaken without support until they fall into Gehinnom.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:19:1)

**לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן.** יִקְשֶׁה בְּעֵינֵיהֶם לִפְרֹשׁ מִמֶּנָּה וְלַחֲזֹר בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**none...return** It is hard for them to part with it and to repent.


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

**לְמַעַן תֵּלֵךְ.** מוּסָב עַל הַמִּקְרָא שֶׁלְּמַעְלָה **לְהַצִּילְךָ מִדֶּרֶךְ רָעָה**, לְמַעַן הוֹלִיכְךָ **בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in order that you go** This refers back to the above verse (verse 12): “To save you from an evil way,” in order to lead you in the way of the good.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:21:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:21:1)

**כִּי יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ אָרֶץ.** לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the upright shall dwell in the land** In the world to come.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 2:21:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 2:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/2:21:2)

**יִוָּתְרוּ בָהּ.** כְּשֶׁיֵּרְדוּ רְשָׁעִים לְגֵיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall remain therein** when the wicked descend to Gehinnom.