## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 20

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

**נַהַם כַּכְּפִיר אֵימַת מֶלֶךְ מִתְעַבְּרוֹ.** מְכַעֲסוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Fear of a king is like a lion’s roar; he who provokes him** Who angers him.


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

**כָּבוֹד לָאִישׁ שֶׁבֶת מֵרִיב.** לָנוּחַ מִמְּרִיבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It is honor for a man to refrain from quarreling** To rest from quarrel.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:3:2
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**וְכָל אֱוִיל.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ שָׁבַת מֵרִיב, תִּגָּלֶה קְלוֹנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and every fool** who does not refrain from quarreling—his disgrace will be exposed.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:4:1
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**מֵחֹרֶף עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרֹשׁ.** מִפְּנֵי הַצִּנָּה יוֹשֵׁב הֶעָצֵל וְאֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וְאֵינוֹ עוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of the winter, a lazy man does not plow** Because of the cold, a lazy man sits and does no work, neither does he engage in Torah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:5:1
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**מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים עֵצָה בְלֶב אִישׁ.** הֲלָכָה בְּלֵב חָכָם סְתוּמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Counsel in man’s heart is like deep water** A halachah in a wise man’s heart is sealed.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:5:2
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**וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה יִדְלֶנָּה.** וְתַלְמִיד נָבוֹן בָּא וְדָלָה אוֹתָהּ מִמֵּעָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a man of understanding will draw it out** An understanding pupil comes and draws it out of his innards.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:6:1
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**רָב אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ.** הַרְבֵּה יֵשׁ בְּנֵי אָדָם הַבּוֹטְחִים אֶל אוֹהֲבֵיהֶם הַמַּבְטִיחִים אוֹתָם חֶסֶד וְקוֹרְאִים לָהֶם בְּעֵת דָּחְקָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Many people call upon the man who promises them kindness** There are many people who rely on their friends who promise them kindness, and they call them at the time of their straits.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:6:2
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**אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ.** הַמַּבְטִיחַ לוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת חֶסֶד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but who can find a trustworthy man?** who promises and keeps his promise.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:6:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 20:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/20:6:3)

**וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָא.** הַמַּבְטִיחַ וְעוֹשֶׂה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who promises them kindness** Heb. איש חסדו, lit. a man of his kindness, who promises him to do kindness.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:8:1
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**מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא דִין.** כְּפִשׁוּטוֹ, אוֹ יֵשׁ לְפָרְשׁוֹ כְּנֶגֶד הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְיֵשׁ לְפָרְשׁוֹ כְּנֶגֶד שׁוֹפְטֵי אֱמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A king sits upon a throne of judgment** This may be explained as referring to the Holy One, blessed be He, or it may be explained as referring to the true judges.


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

**אֹ֣זֶן שֹׁמַ֤עַת וְעַ֣יִן רֹאָ֭ה וְגוֹ׳.** כְּלוֹמַר: מַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו הֵם, וְהוּא חָפֵץ בְּאֹזֶן שׁוֹמַעַת מוּסָר וְעַיִן הָרוֹאָה אֶת הַנּוֹלָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The hearing ear and the seeing eye, etc.** They are His handiwork, and He desires an ear that hears reproof and an eye that sees what will develop.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:13:1
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**אַל תֶּאֱהַב שֵׁנָה פֶּן תִּוָּרֵשׁ.** כִּי תֵעָשֶׂה רָשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest you become poor** Heb. תורש you become poor (רש).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:14:1
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**רַע רַע יֹאמַר הַקּוֹנֶה.** הַקּוֹנֶה תּוֹרָה עַל יְדֵי הַדְּחָק וְיִסּוּרֵי רְעָבוֹן, אוֹמֵר: אוֹי לִי עַל רָעָה זֹאת וְהַצָּרָה הַזֹּאת. וּכְשֶׁהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ מָלֵא חָכְמָה **אָז יִתְהַלָּל** עַל הַצַּעַר שֶׁנִּצְטַעֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer** If one acquires Torah through poverty and the pains of hunger, he says, “Woe is to me for this evil and for this trouble,” but when he goes away full of wisdom... **then he boasts** about the pain he suffered.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:14:2
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**וְאֹזֵל לוֹ.** וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but when he goes away** Heb. ואזל, but when he goes away.


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

**עָרֵב לָאִישׁ לֶחֶם שָׁקֶר.** נִיאוּף אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man** Adultery with a married woman.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:17:2
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**וְאַחַר יִמָּלֵא פִיהוּ חָצָץ.** אֲבָנִים דַּקּוֹת, וְכֵן ״וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ״ (איכה ג:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but afterwards his mouth will be filled with gravel** Heb. חצץ, fine pebbles. Similarly, (Lam. 3:16): “And He has made my teeth grind on gravel (בחצץ).”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:18:1
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**מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּעֵצָה תִכּוֹן וּבְתַחְבֻּלוֹת עֲשֵׂה מִלְחָמָה.** אִם בָּאתָ לְהִלָּחֵם כְּנֶגֶד הַשָּׂטָן, בֹּא בְּתַחְבּוּלוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה וּתְפִלָּה וְתַעֲנִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Plans with counsel will be established, and with strategies wage war** If you come to wage war against Satan, come with strategies of repentance, prayer and fasting.


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

**גּוֹלֶה סוֹד הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל וּלְפֹתֶה שְׂפָתָיו.** הַמְדַבֵּר חֲלָקוֹת לְפַתּוֹתְךָ וּלְהַסִּיתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with one who divulges secrets, one who gossips, or with one who entices with his lips** who speaks smoothly to seduce you and entice you.


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

**מְקַלֵּל אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ יִדְעַךְ נֵרוֹ בֶּאֱשׁוּן חֹשֶׁךְ.** בְּהַנְשִׁיף וּבְהַשְׁחִיר הַחֹשֶׁךְ, כְּלוֹמַר: בְּבֹא הָרָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If one curses...his lamp will flicker in the blackest darkness** When the darkness becomes blacker and blacker—when evil befalls him.


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

**נַחֲלָה מְבֹהֶלֶת בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה.** שֶׁנִּבְהַל לְמַהֵר וְלִטּוֹל תְּחִלָּה, כְּגוֹן בְּנֵי גָד וּבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן שֶׁמִּהֲרוּ לִטּוֹל חֶלְקָם בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וְדִבְּרוּ בְּבֶהָלָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״גִּדְרֹת צֹאן נִבְנֶה לְמִקְנֵנוּ פֹּה וְעָרִים לְטַפֵּנוּ״ (במדבר לב:טז) – עָשׂוּ אֶת הָעִקָּר טָפֵל, שֶׁהִקְדִּימוּ צֹאנָם לְטַפָּם (תנחומא, מטות ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**An inheritance may be acquired hastily in the beginning** Which one hastened to take hurriedly, e.g. the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, who hastened to take their share on the other side of the Jordan, and they spoke hastily, as it is said (Num. 32:16): “We want to build sheepfolds for our cattle here and cities for our children.” They made the main thing of secondary import, for they placed their flocks before their children.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:21:2
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**וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ לֹא תְבֹרָךְ.** שֶׁגָּלוּ כַּמָּה שָׁנִים קֹדֶם שְׁאָר הַשְּׁבָטִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (סדר עולם רבה כב) וּבְמִדְרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא (תנחומא, מסעי י); ״בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְאָחָז וַיָּעַר ה׳ אֶת רוּחַ מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר וְגוֹ׳״ (דברי הימים א ה:כו), וּשְׁאָר שְׁבָטִים גָּלוּ בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ הִיא הַתְּשִׁיעִית לְהוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן אֵלָה (מלכים ב יז:א-ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but its end will not be blessed** For they were exiled many years before the rest of the tribes, as is explained in Seder Olam (ch. 22), and in the Midrash of Rabbi Tanhuma (see Mattoth 7): “In the second year of Ahaz, the Lord aroused the desire of the king of Assyria, etc. (I Chron. 5:26),” but the rest of the tribes were exiled in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which is the ninth year of Hoshea the son of Elah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:25:1
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**מוֹקֵשׁ אָדָם יָלַע קֹדֶשׁ.** כְּשֶׁאָדָם נִכְשָׁל וְנוֹקֵשׁ בַּעֲבֵירוֹת, מְקַלְקֵל אֶת קְדֻשָּׁתוֹ; כְּמוֹ ״וְשָׁתוּ וְלָעוּ״ (עובדיה א:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When a man is trapped, he impairs his sanctity** Heb. ילע. When a man stumbles and is trapped in sins, he impairs his sanctity, as in (Obadiah verse 16) “and they shall drink and be stunned (ולעו).”


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

**וְאַחַר נְדָרִים לְבַקֵּר.** צָרִיךְ אָדָם לַחֲזֹר אַחַר קָרְבָּנוֹת, לִנְדֹּר וּלְהָבִיא וּלְבַקֵּשׁ עַל נַפְשׁוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he must seek vows** Man must seek sacrifices to vow and to bring and to beg for his life.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:26:1
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**מְזָרֶה רְשָׁעִים.** פַּרְעֹה וְחֵילוֹ (שמות יד:כח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**scatters the wicked** Pharaoh and his host.


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

**מֶלֶךְ חָכָם.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Wise King** The Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:26:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 20:26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/20:26:3)

**וַיָּשֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶם אוֹפָן.** גַּלְגַּל מִדָּתָם הֵשִׁיב עֲלֵיהֶם, ״וַיְנַהֲגֵהוּ בִּכְבֵדֻת״ (שמות יד:כה) כְּנֶגֶד ״וְהַכְבֵּד אֶת לִבּוֹ״ (שמות ח:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and turns the wheel over them** The wheel of their traits He turned over them. “And drove it heavily (Ex. 14:25),” corresponding to (ibid. 8: 11) “and he made his heart heavy.”


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

**נֵר ה׳ נִשְׁמַת אָדָם.** הַנְּשָׁמָה שֶׁבְּקִרְבּוֹ מְעִידָה עָלָיו בַּדִּין (פסיקתא רבתי ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Man’s soul is the Lord’s lamp** The soul in his midst testifies concerning him in judgment.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:29:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 20:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/20:29:1)

**תִּפְאֶרֶת בַּחוּרִים כֹּחָם.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁתִּפְאֶרֶת בַּחוּרִים כֹּחָם, כֵּן הַדְרַת **זְקֵנִים שֵׂיבָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The glory of young men is their strength** Just as the glory of young men is their strength, so is the beauty of elders their hoary head.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:30:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 20:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/20:30:1)

**חַבֻּרוֹת פֶּצַע תַּמְרוּק בְּרָע.** דָּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (ילקוט שמעוני משלי תתקנט): הַמְמָרֵק עַצְמוֹ לִדְבַר עֲבֵירָה, סוֹף בָּא לִידֵי פְּצָעִים וְחַבּוּרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Contusions and wounds come for outpouring in evil** Our Sages expounded: Whoever “pours himself” out into sinful things, will ultimately come to wounds and contusions.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 20:30:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 20:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/20:30:2)

**וּמַכּוֹת חַדְרֵי בָטֶן.** זֶה הַהִדְרוֹקָן (בבא מציעא קז:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and plagues in the innermost parts** This is dropsy.