## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 24

###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:5:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:5:1)

**גֶּבֶר חָכָם בְּעוֹז.** אִישׁ חָכָם הוּא תָּמִיד בְּעוֹז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A wise man is with strength** A wise man is always with strength.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:7:1
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**רָאמוֹת לֶאֱוִיל חָכְמוֹת.** מִין אֶבֶן יְקָרָה שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְצוּיָה, כְּמָה דְתֵימָא ״רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ״ (איוב כח:יח). כְּלוֹמַר: כָּל חָכְמָה דּוֹמָה לַכְּסִיל כְּאֶבֶן יְקָרָה וּכְמַרְגָּלִיּוֹת לִקְנוֹת, לוֹמַר: אֵיךְ אֶעֱסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, מָתַי תַּעֲלֶה בְּיָדִי? אֲבָל הֶחָכָם שׁוֹנֶה הַיּוֹם מְעַט וּלְמָחָר מְעַט (דברים רבה ח:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wisdom is as pearls to the fool** Heb. ראמות, a type of rare precious stone, as it is stated (Job 28: 18): “Pearls (ראמות) and beryls.” All wisdom appears to the fool as unattainable, [as difficult] to purchase as precious stones and pearls, saying, ‘’How will I learn Torah? When will I attain it?” But the wise man studies a little today and a little tomorrow.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:8:1)

**מְחַשֵּׁב לְהָרֵעַ.** חוֹרֵשׁ תַּחְבּוּלוֹת רֶשַׁע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who plots to do evil** He plans strategies of wickedness.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:8:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:8:2)

**לוֹ בַּעַל מְזִמּוֹת יִקְרָאוּ.** גּוֹרֵם לוֹ רַע, שֶׁהַבְּרִיּוֹת קוֹרְאִים לוֹ: **בַּעַל מְזִמּוֹת.** עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is called a man of wicked designs** He brings harm to himself, for people call him a man of wicked designs, a counsel of the wicked.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:9:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:9:1)

**זִמַּת אִוֶּלֶת.** עֲצַת אִוֶּלֶת **חַטָּאת** לִבְעָלֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The counsel of folly** Heb. זמת אולת, the counsel of folly **is sin** for those who perpetrate it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:9:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:9:2)

**וְתוֹעֲבַת לְאָדָם לֵץ.** לֵיצָנוּת הִיא הַמְּתַעֶבֶת אֶת הָאָדָם עַל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְעַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and what makes man an abomination is scorn** Scorn is what makes man an abomination to the Holy One blessed be He, and to people.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:10:1
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**הִתְרַפִּיתָ.** מִן הַתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If you have become lax** in the Torah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:10:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:10:2)

**בְּיוֹם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶכָה.** מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת לֹא יִהְיוּ מְאַמְּצִין כֹּחֲךָ. זֶה מִדְרַשׁ חֲכָמִים (ברכות סג.). וּלְפִי פְּשׁוּטוֹ: הִתְרַפִּיתָ בְּיוֹם צָרַת אֲהוּבְךָ לַעֲמוֹד מִנֶּגֶד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on a day of trouble your strength will be weak indeed** The ministering angels will not maintain your strength. This is the midrash of the Sages (Midrash Mishle ad loc., Berachoth 63a). But according to its simple meaning, you have become lax on the day of your friend’s trouble, and stand from afar.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:10:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:10:3)

**צַר כֹּחֶכָה.** בְּיוֹם פּוּרְעָנוּתְךָ, דִּכְתִיב ״אִם הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישִׁי וְגוֹ׳״ (אסתר ד:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your strength will be weak indeed** on the day of your punishment, as it is written (Esther 4:14): “For if you remain silent, etc.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:11:1)

**הַצֵּל לְקוּחִים וְגוֹ׳.** לְהַצִּיל אֶת הַלְּקוּחִים לַמָּוֶת, אֶת הַ**מָּטִים לַהֶרֶג**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rescuing those taken, etc.** To rescue those taken to death.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:11:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:11:2)

**אִם תַּחְשׂוֹךְ.** מִלְּהַצִּילָם, עַל זֶה אָמַרְתִּי ״צַר כֹּחֲךָ״ (משלי כד:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If you refrain** from rescuing them, concerning this I said, “Your strength will be weak indeed.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:12:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:12:1)

**כִּי תֹאמַר.** שֶׁמָּא תֹּאמַר, וְזֶהוּ כִּי מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן דִּלְמָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will you say** Heb. כי תאמר. And this instance of כי is used as an expression of “perhaps.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:13:1)

**אֱכָל בְּנִי דְבַשׁ.** כְּלוֹמַר: דֶּרֶךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם לֶאֱכֹל דְּבַשׁ **כִּי טוֹב** הוּא. אַף **כֵּן דְּעֵה חָכְמָה לְנַפְשֶׁךָ.** וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁאַתָּה רוֹדֵף לֶאֱכֹל דְּבַשׁ, כֵּן תְּהֵא רוֹדֵף לָדַעַת חָכְמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Eat honey, my son** It is customary for people to eat honey because it is good; so too know wisdom for your soul, and just as you run to eat honey, so should you run to know wisdom.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:14:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:14:1)

**אִם מָצָאתָ** אוֹתָהּ, אָז יֵשׁ אַחֲרִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if you have found** it, then you will have a future.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:19:1)

**אַל תִּתְחַר.** לִהְיוֹת כְּמוֹתָם, כְּמוֹ ״אֵיךְ תְּתַחֲרֶה״ (ירמיהו יב:ה), ״כִּי אַתָּה מִתְחַרֶה בָאָרֶז״ (ירמיהו כב:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not compete** to be like them, as in (Jer. 12:5): “How will you compete (תתחרה)?” Also, (ibid. 22:15): “for you compete (מתחרה) with the cedar.”


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

**יְרָא אֶת ה׳ בְּנִי וָמֶלֶךְ.** יְרָא אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יְסִירְךָ מִיִּרְאַת ה׳, וּלְעוֹלָם יִרְאַת ה׳ קוֹדֶמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My son, fear the Lord and the king** Fear the Lord and fear the mortal king, but only if he does not turn you away from the fear of the Lord, for the fear of the Lord is always first.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:21:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:21:2)

**עִם שׁוֹנִים אַל תִּתְעָרָב.** הָאוֹמְרִים: שְׁתֵּי רָשֻׁיּוֹת יֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not mingle with dualists** Heb. שונים, who say that there are two powers [governing the world].


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

**וּפִיד שְׁנֵיהֶם.** שֶׁבֶר עֲבוֹדַת גִּלּוּלִים וְשֶׁבֶר עוֹבְדֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the ruin of both of them** The ruin of the idol and the ruin of its worshippers.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:23:1)

**גַּם אֵלֶּה לַחֲכָמִים.** כָּל הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁבָּעִנְיָן שֶׁלְּמַטָּה אֲמוּרִים לַחֲכָמִים הַיּוֹשְׁבִים בְּדִין, שֶׁלֹּא יַכִּירוּ פָנִים בְּמִשְׁפָּט כִּי לֹא **טוֹב** (תנחומא, משפטים ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These too are for the wise** All the statements in the following section are addressed to the wise who sit in judgment, that they should not show respect to persons in judgment, for it is not good.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:26:1)

**שְׂפָתַיִם יִשָּׁק.** רְאוּיִים כָּל שְׂפָתַיִם לְנַשְּׁקוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Lips should kiss** It is fitting that all lips kiss him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:27:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:27:1)

**הָכֵן בַּחוּץ.** זֶה מִקְרָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Prepare...outside** This refers to Scripture.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:27:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:27:2)

**וְעַתְּדָהּ בַּשָּׂדֶה.** זוֹ מִשְׁנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and make it fit in the field** This is Mishnah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:27:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:27:3)

**אַחַר וּבָנִיתָ בֵיתֶךָ.** זוֹ גְּמָרָא (סוטה מד.). דָּבָר אַחֵר: כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, בַּתְּחִלָּה קַח לְךָ שָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ **וְעַתְּדָהּ**, לְשׁוֹן ״עַתּוּדִים״ (בראשית לא:י) – שִׂים לְךָ בְּהֵמוֹת **בַּשָּׂדֶה**, וְ**אַחַר וּבָנִיתָ בֵיתֶךָ.** תִּקַּח אִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**afterwards you shall build your house** This is Talmud (Sotah 44a). Another explanation according to its apparent meaning: In the beginning, buy yourself fields and vineyards, and afterwards make it fit, ועתדה, an expression concerning goats (עתודים). Stock your field with livestock, and afterwards you shall build a house, meaning that you shall take a wife.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:28:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:28:1)

**וְהַפִּתִּיתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ.** תִּתְפַּתֶּה לְרֵעֲךָ בְּדִבּוּרְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that you should be enticed with your lips** You should be enticed by your friend with your speech.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:30:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:30:1)

**אִישׁ עָצֵל.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר עַל גִּרְסַת תַּלְמוּדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a lazy man** who does not review the memorization of his studies.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:31:1)

**קִמְּשׂוֹנִים.** חוֹחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**thistles** Heb. קמשונים, thistles.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:31:2)

**כָּסּוּ.** נִכְסוּ:


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:31:3)

**חֲרֻלִּים.** גְּדוֹלִים מִקִּמְּשׂוֹנִים, וַהֲרֵי הֵם חַדִּים כְּקוֹצִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**nettles** חרלים. They are larger than thistles, and they are as sharp as thorns.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:4
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:31:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:31:4)

**וְגֶדֶר אֲבָנָיו נֶהֱרָסָה.** כָּךְ מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ חוֹזֵר עַל תַּלְמוּדוֹ, מִתְּחִלָּה מְשַׁכֵּחַ רָאשֵׁי פְרָקִים, וְסוֹף מְחַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים מִזֶּה לָזֶה (אבות דרבי נתן כד,ו), שֶׁאוֹמֵר עַל טָהוֹר טָמֵא וְעַל טָמֵא טָהוֹר, וְהוּא מַחֲרִיב אֶת הָעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its stone fence had been torn down** Thus, one who does not review his studies first forgets the beginnings of the chapters and at the end confuses the names of the Sages from this one to that one, thereby saying “unclean” for something that is clean and “clean” for something that is unclean, and he destroys the world.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 24:34:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 24:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/24:34:1)

**מִתְהַלֵּךְ רֵישֶׁךָ.** הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁאַתָּה רָשׁ מֵהֶם יָבוֹאוּ לְךָ בִּמְרוּצָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your poverty will come strolling** The things that impoverish you will come to you quickly.