## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 21

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

**כָּל דֶּרֶךְ אִישׁ יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו וְתוֹכֵן.** וּמוֹנֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Man’s every way is straight in his own eyes, but the Lord counts** Heb. ותכן.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:4:1)

**רוּם עֵינַיִם.** גַּסּוּת הָרוּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Haughty eyes** A haughty spirit.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:4:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:4:2)

**וּרְחַב לֵב.** חָפֵץ לְמַלֹּאות תַּאֲוַת לִבּוֹ, הוּא נִיר שֶׁל רְשָׁעִים – חֲרִישׁוּתָם וּמַחְשְׁבוֹתָם הוּא חַטָּאתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and unlimited lust** The desire to satisfy the lusts of his heart; that is the tillage of the wicked. Their “plowing” and their thoughts is their sin.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:5:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:5:1)

**מַחְשְׁבוֹת חָרוּץ.** אָדָם יָשָׁר הַמִּתְהַלֵּךְ בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְמִשְׁפָּט חָרוּץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The plans of a diligent man** Heb. חרוץ, an honest man who walks in truth and according to the established judgment.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:5:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:5:2)

**אַךְ לְמוֹתָר.** לְהַצְלָחָה וּלְרֶוַח בָּאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lead only to advantage** They come to prosperity and profit.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:5:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:5:3)

**וְכָל אָץ.** דּוֹחֵק אֶת הַשָּׁעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whereas every hasty one** One who forces the time.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:6:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:6:1)

**פֹּעַל אוֹצָרוֹת.** לְהַרְבּוֹת הוֹן. **בִּלְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Gathering treasures** to increase wealth.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:6:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:6:2)

**הֶבֶל נִדָּף וְגוֹ׳.** מוֹקְשֵׁי (ס״א: מְבַקְּשֵׁי) מָוֶת הֵם לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with a lying tongue is like a driven vapor, etc.** They are snares of death (seekers of death) for him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:7:1)

**יְגוֹרֵם.** יָגוּר אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The plunder of the wicked frightens them** Heb. יגורם, [like] יגור אותם.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:8:1)

**הֲפַכְפַּךְ דֶּרֶךְ אִישׁ וָזָר.** אִישׁ וְהוּא זָר, סָר מִן הַמִּצְוָה, דַּרְכּוֹ הֲפַכְפַּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A man’s way is changeable and he is strange** A man who is strange, turning away from the commandment—his way is changeable.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:9:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:9:1)

**וּבֵית חָבֶר.** שֶׁנִּכְנָס לְבֵית חֲבֵירוֹ לְדַבֵּר עִם אִשְׁתּוֹ. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (אבות דרבי נתן לד,ו; סנהדרין קג:): נִיבָּא שֶׁסּוֹף הַשְּׁכִינָה לְהִסְתַּלֵּק מֵעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהֵם כְּאֵשֶׁת מִדְיָנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the house of a friend** That he enters his friend’s house to converse with his wife. And the Midrash Aggadah states: He prophesied that the Shechinah would ultimately leave Israel, who is like a quarrelsome wife.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:9:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:9:2)

**וּבֵית חָבֶר.** בַּיִת שֶׁמְּחַבְּרִים בּוֹ רֵעִים לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, כְּגוֹן צֶלֶם שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד מְנַשֶּׁה בְּהֵיכַל ה׳ (מלכים ב כא:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the house of a friend** A house in which they associate friends with the Holy One, blessed be He; for example, the image that Manasseh erected in the Temple of the Lord.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:11:1)

**בַּעֲנֹשׁ לֵץ יֶחְכַּם פֶּתִי.** עַל יְדֵי יִסּוּרֵי הַלֵּצִים הַפְּתָאִים מִתְחַכְּמִים וְשָׁבִים בִּתְשׁוּבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When a scorner is punished, a fool gains wisdom** Through the chastisements of scorners, fools gain wisdom and return [to God] in repentance.


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

**מַשְׂכִּיל צַדִּיק.** צַדִּיקוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, הוּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, נוֹתֵן לֵב לְהַכְרִית בֵּית רָשָׁע, כְּגוֹן זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק (שמות יז:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Righteous One considers** The Righteous One of the world sets His heart to destroy the house of the wicked, e.g. the remembrance of Amalek.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:14:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:14:1)

**מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר.** צְדָקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A gift in secret** Charity.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:14:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:14:2)

**וְשֹׁחַד בַּחֵק.** אַף זוֹ צְדָקָה. **יִכְפֶּה אַף**, יִכְפֶּה **חֵמָה עַזָּה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a bribe in the pocket** This too refers to charity. It will appease even strong wrath.


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

**שִׂמְחָה לַצַּדִּיק עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט.** שִׂמְחָה לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַעֲשׂוֹת דִּין בַּצַּדִּיקִים כְּדֵי לְזַכּוֹתָם לְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, וְשִׂמְחָה לַצַּדִּיק שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מֵבִיא יִסּוּרִין עֲלֵיהֶם כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּזְכּוּ לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. כָּךְ נִדְרַשׁ בְּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It is a joy for a righteous man to do judgment** It is a joy for the Holy One, blessed be He, to inflict judgment upon the righteous in order to bestow upon them the life of the world to come, for the Holy One, blessed be He, brings pains upon them in order that they merit the world to come. In this manner, it is expounded in Midrash Psalms (3:1).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:15:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:15:2)

**וּמְחִתָּה.** הִיא **לְפֹעֲלֵי אָוֶן**, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין נוֹתְנִין לֵב לָשׁוּב וְאֵין הַיִּסּוּרִין מוֹעִילִין לָהֶן, וּמִצְטַעֲרִין וְלֹא לְהוֹעִיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a ruin** It is [a ruin] **for those who commit violence** Because they do not put their hearts to repent and the pains do not avail them, but they suffer to no avail.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:16:1)

**אָדָם תּוֹעֶה מִדֶּרֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּל.** פּוֹרֵשׁ מִן הַתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A man who strays from the way of understanding** From the Torah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:16:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:16:2)

**בִּקְהַל רְפָאִים.** בַּעֲדַת גֵּיהִנֹּם (בבא בתרא עט.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the congregation of the shades** in the congregation of Gehinnom.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:17:1)

**אִישׁ מַחְסוֹר.** מִי שֶׁאוֹהֵב שִׂמְחַת מִשְׁתֶּה תָּמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall be a poor man** He who loves the joy of always banqueting.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:18:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:18:1)

**כֹּפֶר לַצַּדִּיק רָשָׁע וְתַחַת יְשָׁרִים בּוֹגֵד.** צַדִּיק נֶחְלָץ וְרָשָׁע בָּא תַּחְתָּיו (ירושלמי ברכות ט:א), כְּגוֹן מָרְדְּכַי וְהָמָן (אסתר ז:ט-י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wicked man shall be ransom for a righteous man, and a treacherous one instead of the upright** A righteous man is rescued, and a wicked man comes in his stead (above 11:8), such as Mordecai and Haman.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:19:1)

**טוֹב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר.** גַּם זֶה עַל סִלּוּק הַשְּׁכִינָה נֶאֱמַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It is better to dwell in a desert land** This too was stated regarding the withdrawal of the Shechinah.


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

**וּכְסִיל אָדָם.** וּכְסִילוּת שֶׁל אָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but man’s foolishness** Heb. וכסיל אדם foolishness of a man.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:22:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:22:1)

**עִיר גִּבּוֹרִים עָלָה חָכָם.** זֶה מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ שֶׁעָלָה לְבֵין הַמַּלְאָכִים גִּבּוֹרֵי כֹחַ (תהלים קג:כ). **וַיּוֹרֶד וְגוֹ׳.** תּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wise man ascended to a city of mighty men** This refers to Moses, our teacher, who went up among the angels, who are mighty in strength. (**and brought down, etc.** The Torah.)


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:24:1)

**יָהִיר.** גַּס רוּחַ, סוֹפוֹ לִהְיוֹת **לֵץ** שֶׁאֵינוֹ חָשׁ לִשְׁמוֹעַ מוּסָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**haughty** Heb. יהיר, one who is haughty; he will ultimately become a scorner, for he does not care to hear reproof.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:26:1)

**וְצַדִּיק יִתֵּן.** כָּל צָרְכֵי בֵיתוֹ שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְזַמֵּן לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the righteous gives** all the necessities of his house, for the Holy One, blessed be He, prepares them for him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:27:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:27:1)

**אַף כִּי בְזִמָּה יְבִיאֶנּוּ.** וְכָל שֶׁכֵּן כְּשֶׁהוּא מְבִיאוֹ לְהַרְשִׁיעוֹ, וּבְעֵצָה רָעָה, כְּגוֹן קָרְבְּנוֹת בִּלְעָם וּבָלָק, שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ מְבִיאִים אֶלָּא לְקַלֵּל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל (במדבר כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**how much more if he brings it with plans of wickedness!** How much more if he brings it to be wicked and with evil counsel, such as the sacrifices of Balaam and Balak, who brought them only to curse Israel.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:28:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:28:1)

**וְאִישׁ שׁוֹמֵעַ.** שֶׁקִּבֵּל מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בַּתּוֹרָה ״לֹא תַעֲנֶה בְרֵעֲךָ וְגוֹ׳״ (שמות כ:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but an obedient man** who obeys what is written in the Torah: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:28:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:28:2)

**לָנֶצַח.** תָּמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**forever** Always.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:29:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:29:1)

**הֵעֵז אִישׁ רָשָׁע בְּפָנָיו.** הָרָשָׁע מַרְאֶה עַזּוּתוֹ בִּשְׁעַת כַּעֲסוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wicked man shows his brazenness in his anger** A wicked man shows his brazenness at the time of his anger.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:29:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:29:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:29:2)

**בְּפָנָיו.** מִלְּשׁוֹן ״אַף״ (משלי כט:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in his anger** Heb. בפניו, an expression of anger.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 21:30:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 21:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/21:30:1)

**אֵין חָכְמָה וְגוֹ׳.** אֵין כָּל חָכָם וְנָבוֹן חָשׁוּב **לְנֶגֶד ה׳**, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁיֵּשׁ חִלּוּל הַשֵּׁם, אֵין חוֹלְקִין כָּבוֹד לָרַב (ברכות יט:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There is neither wisdom, etc.** No wise or understanding man is of any importance against the Lord. Wherever there is a desecration of the Name, we do not pay regard to a teacher.