## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 22

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

**נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעֹשֶׁר רָב.** שֵׁם טוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A name is chosen** A good name above great wealth.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:1:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:1:2)

**מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב.** נִבְחָר חֵן טוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**good favor over silver and gold** Good favor is chosen.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:2:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:2:1)

**עוֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם ה׳.** כְּשֶׁעָנִי אוֹמֵר לֶעָשִׁיר: פַּרְנְסֵנִי, וְהוּא עוֹנֶה קָשׁוֹת, **עוֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם ה׳.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה אוֹתָם חֲדָשִׁים, לָזֶה עָנִי וְלָזֶה עָשִׁיר (תמורה טז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Lord is the Maker of them all** When the poor man says to the rich man, “Sustain me,” and he answers him harshly, the Holy One, blessed be He, makes them new: this one poor and this one rich.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:3:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:3:1)

**עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה.** עֹנֶשׁ שֶׁל עֲבֵרָה, וְנִסְתָּר וְלֹא עָבַר עֲבֵרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A cunning man saw harm** The punishment for a sin, and hid, not committing the sin.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:4:1)

**עֵקֶב עֲנָוָה.** בִּשְׁבִיל הָעֲנָוָה **יִרְאַת ה׳** בָּאָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: עֲנָוָה עִקָּר, וְהַיִּרְאָה טְפֵלָה וְעָקֵב לָהּ, מִדְרָס לְרַגְלֶיהָ (ירושלמי שבת א,ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the wake of humility** Because of humility, fear of the Lord comes. Another explanation: Humility is the main attribute, and fear is secondary to it and a “heel” to it, a mat for its feet.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:5:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:5:1)

**צִנִּים פַּחִים.** כְּמוֹ ״לִצְנִינִם בְּצִדֵּיכֶם״ (במדבר לג:נה), ״וּבָאוּ עָלַיִךְ הֹצֶן״ (יחזקאל כג:כד), לְשׁוֹן גְּדוּדִים וְלִסְטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Troops [and] snares** Heb. צנים, as in (Num. 33:55) “troops (לצנינים) in your sides”; (Ezek. 23: 24) “And they will come upon you, a band (הצן),” an expression of bands and brigands.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:5:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:5:2)

**צִנִּים פַּחִים.** הֵם טְמוּנִים בְּדַרְכֵי הַמְּעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו, כְּלוֹמַר: יִסּוּרִים מוּכָנִים לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Troops and snares** are hidden on the ways of the one who perverts his ways; i.e., torments are prepared for him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:5:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:5:3)

**שׁוֹמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ יִרְחַק מֵהֶם.** שֶׁמְּיַשֵּׁר מַעֲשָׂיו יִנָּצֵל מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he who preserves his soul will distance himself from them** He who is upright in his deeds will be saved from them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:6:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:6:1)

**חֲנוֹךְ לַנַּעַר.** לְפִי מַה שֶּׁתְּלַמֵּד לַנַּעַר וּתְחַנְּכֵהוּ בִּדְבָרִים, אִם לְטוֹב אִם לְרַע, **גַּם כִּי יַזְקִין לֹא יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Train a child** According to what you teach a child and train him in matters, either for good or bad, even when he grows old, he will not turn away from it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:7:1)

**עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁים יִמְשׁוֹל.** עַם הָאָרֶץ צָרִיךְ לְתַלְמִיד חָכָם לְעוֹלָם (שבת קלט.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A rich man will rule over the poor** An ignoramus always needs a Torah scholar.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:8:1)

**זוֹרֵעַ עַוְלָה.** יִקְצָר אָוֶן לְפִי זְרִיעָתוֹ קְצִירָתוֹ, לְפִי פְּעֻלָּתוֹ יִהְיֶה קַבָּלַת מַשְׂכֻּרְתּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who sows injustice will reap violence** According to his sowing will be his reaping; according to his deed will be the reception of his reward.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:8:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:8:2)

**וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ יִכְלֶה.** קְנֵה הַשִּׁבֹּלֶת שֶׁלּוֹ כָּלֶה וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ. יֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים (סא״א): שֵׁבֶט חֲמָתוֹ, שֶׁרוֹדֶה בְּנֵי אָדָם, כָּלֶה וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁמַּפְסִיד אֶת יְכָלְתּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the rod of his wrath will fail** The rod of his ear of grain will fail more and more [interpreting עברתו as עבור, grain]. Some say: The rod of his wrath with which he rules over people will become progressively lessened because he impairs his ability.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:10:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:10:1)

**גָּרֵשׁ לֵץ.** יֵצֶר הָרָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Banish a scorner** The evil inclination.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:11:1)

**אוֹהֵב טְהַר לֵב חֵן שְׂפָתָיו.** מִי שֶׁשְּׂפָתָיו חֵן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who loves one pure of heart with charm on his lips** One whose lips have grace.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:11:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:11:2)

**רֵעֵהוּ מֶלֶךְ.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹהֲבוֹ וּמְחַבְּבוֹ (בראשית רבה מא, ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the King is his friend** The Holy One, blessed be He, loves him and endears him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:13:1)

**אָמַר עָצֵל אֲרִי בַחוּץ.** אֵיךְ אֵצֵא לִלְמֹד תּוֹרָה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside...”** How will I go out to learn Torah?


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:14:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:14:1)

**שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה פִּי זָרוֹת.** פִּי עוֹבְדֵי גִּלּוּלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The mouth of strange women is [like] a deep pit** An idolatress.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:14:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:14:2)

**זְעוּם ה׳.** מִי שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שׂוֹנְאוֹ, נוֹפֵל וְנִכְשָׁל בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the one abhorred by the Lord** Heb. זעום. He whom the Holy One, blessed be He, hates, falls and stumbles upon her.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:14:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:14:3)

**זְעוּם.** נָזוּף מִלְּפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the one abhorred** rebuked from before Him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:16:1)

**עוֹשֵׁק דָּל לְהַרְבּוֹת לוֹ.** עֹשֶׁר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who exploits a poor man to increase for himself** money.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:16:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:16:2)

**נוֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר.** סוֹף שֶׁנּוֹתֵן מָמוֹנוֹ לְעוֹבְדֵי גִּלּוּלִים הָעֲשִׁירִים, וְ**אַךְ לְמַחְסוֹר** הוּא בָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will give to a rich man** He will ultimately give his money to the rich pagan kings, and it will be only to want.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:17:1)

**הַט אָזְנְךָ שְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים.** לִלְמוֹד תּוֹרָה מֵחָכָם כָּל שֶׁהוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Incline your ear and hearken to the words of the wise** to learn the Torah from a sage of any stature.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:17:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:17:2)

**וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּי.** וְאִם רַבְּךָ רָשָׁע, לֹא תִלְמוֹד מִמַּעֲשָׂיו (חגיגה טו:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and put your heart to my knowledge** But if your teacher is wicked, do not learn from his deeds.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:18:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:18:1)

**כִּי נָעִים.** יְהִי לְךָ לְאַחַר זְמַן אִם **תִּשְׁמְרֵם** וְתִצְפְּנֵם **בְּבִטְנֶךָ**, שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁכָּחֵם. וְאֵימָתַי יִהְיוּ שְׁמוּרִים בְּלִבְּךָ? בִּזְמַן **שֶׁיִּכּוֹנוּ עַל שְׂפָתֶיךָ.** כַּאֲשֶׁר תּוֹצִיאֵם בְּפִיךָ (עירובין נד.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for it is pleasant** It will be [pleasant] for you at a later time if you preserve them and hide them in your innards lest you forget them. Now when will they be preserved in your heart? When they are established on your lips, when you utter them with your mouth.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:19:1)

**לִהְיוֹת בַּה׳ מִבְטַחֶךָ הוֹדַעְתִּיךָ.** אֲנִי מוֹדִיעֲךָ שֶׁתִּבְטַח בַּה׳ וְתַעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, וְלֹא תֹאמַר: אֵיךְ אֲבַטֵּל מִמְּלַאכְתִּי וְאֵיךְ אֶתְפַּרְנֵס?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**That your trust shall be in the Lord, I have made known to you** I make known to you that you should trust in the Lord and engage in the Torah, and you shall not say, “How will I be idle from my work, and how will I earn a livelihood?”


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

**הֲלֹא כָתַבְתִּי לְךָ שָׁלִשִׁים.** תּוֹרָה וּנְבִיאִים וּכְתוּבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Have I not written to you thirds** The Torah, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa.


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

**לְהוֹדִיעֲךָ קֹשְׁטְ.** **שָׁלִישִׁים כָּתַבְתִּי לְךָ** כְּדֵי שֶׁתָּבִין מִתּוֹכָם **קֹשְׁטְ אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת.** לְהָשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to make known to you the certainty** I wrote thirds for you in order that you should understand from them the certainty of the true words.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:21:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:21:2)

**לְשֹׁלְחֶיךָ.** לְשׁוֹאֲלְךָ הוֹרָאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to respond with words of truth to those who send you** To those who ask you for instruction.


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

**אַל תִּגְזָל דָּל.** אַל תִּגְזְלֶנּוּ כִּי תִרְאֶנּוּ דַּל, בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁהוּא דַּל, וְאֵין לוֹ כֹּחַ לַעֲמֹד נֶגְדְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not rob a poor man** Do not rob him because you see that he is poor and has no strength to resist you.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:23:1)

**כִּי ה׳ יָרִיב רִיבָם וְקָבַע.** וְיִגְזֹל אֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the Lord will plead their cause and rob** Heb. וקבע. And will rob the life.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:23:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:23:2)

**קוֹבְעֵיהֶם.** גּוֹזְלֵיהֶם. וּבִלְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי קְבִיעָה – גְּזֵלָה בְּמַסֶּכֶת רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (ראש השנה כו,א-ב): אֲתָא הַהוּא גַּבְרָא לְקַמֵּיהּ אָמַר לֵיהּ: קַבְּעַן פְּלַנְיָא וְכוּ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those who rob them** Heb. קבעים, those who rob them; in Aramaic קביעה means robbery. In tractate Rosh Hashanah (26b): A certain man came before him and said to him, “So-and-so robbed me (קבען)” etc.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:24:1)

**אַל תִּתְרַע.** אַל תִּתְחַבֵּר, לְשׁוֹן רֵעוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not befriend** Heb. תתרע, do not befriend, an expression of friendship (רעות)


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:25:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:25:1)

**פֶּן תֶּאֱלַף.** פֶּן תִּלְמַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest you learn** Heb. תאלף.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:26:1)

**אַל תְּהִי בְתוֹקְעֵי כָף בָּעוֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאוֹת.** הַלְוָאוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״מַשַּׁאת מְאוּמָה״ (דברים כד:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not be one of those who give their hands, who stand surety for debts** Loans, as in (Deut. 24: 10), “When you lend you fellow [Jew] any item.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 22:28:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 22:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/22:28:1)

**אַל תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם.** אַל תָּשֵׁג אָחוֹר מִנְהַג אֲבוֹתֶיךָ. וְאָמְרוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (תורת כהנים קדושים פרשתא א פרק ג): הַמַּנִּיחַ כַּלְכָּלָה תַּחַת הַגֶּפֶן בִּשְׁעַת בְּצִירָה כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּפּוֹל בְּתוֹכוֹ הַפֶּרֶט, עַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר **אַל תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל וְגוֹ׳**. **תַּסֵּג** כְּמוֹ ״יִסּוֹגוּ אָחוֹר״ (תהלים קכט:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not remove an ancient boundary** Do not turn away from the custom of your forefathers. Our Sages of blessed memory said: If one places a basket under a vine at the time of vintage so that the fallen grapes should fall into it, concerning this was stated: “Do not remove an ancient boundary, etc.” **remove** Heb. תסג, as in (Ps. 129:5) “and shall draw backwards (ויסגו).”