## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 25

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

**גַּם אֵלֶּה מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר הֶעְתִּיקוּ.** חָזַר לְדוֹרְשָׁם, כְּשֶׁנִּתְמַנָּה חִזְקִיָּהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ וְהוּא הוֹשִׁיב תַּלְמִידִים בְּכָל עִיר, כְּדְאָמְרִינַן בְּפֶרֶק חֵלֶק (סנהדרין צד:): בָּדְקוּ מִדָּן וְעַד בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְלֹא מָצְאוּ עַם הָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These too are Solomon’s proverbs, which...maintained** When Hezekiah was appointed king, he returned to expound upon them [Solomon’s proverbs]. Now he placed disciples in every city, as it is stated in chapter “Chelek” (Sanh. 94b): “They searched from Dan to Beersheba and could not find an ignoramus.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:1:2
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**הֶעְתִּיקוּ.** הֶחֱזִיקוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**maintained** Heb. העתיקו they strengthened.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:2:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:2:1)

**כְּבוֹד אֱלֹהִים הַסְתֵּר דָּבָר.** כְּגוֹן מַעֲשֵׂה מֶרְכָּבָה (יחזקאל א) וּמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית (בראשית א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The honor of God is to conceal a matter** For instance, the account of the Merkavah and the account of the Creation.


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

**וּכְבוֹד מְלָכִים חֲקֹר דָּבָר.** כְּשֶׁאַתָּה דּוֹרֵשׁ בִּכְבוֹד מְלָכִים אוֹ בִּכְבוֹד חֲכָמִים שֶׁעָשׂוּ סְיָגִים לַתּוֹרָה וּבַגְּזֵרוֹת שֶׁגָּזְרוּ בָּהֶם, יֵשׁ לְךָ לַחֲקֹר וְלִדְרֹשׁ וְלִשְׁאֹל טַעַם לַדָּבָר. אֲבָל כְּשֶׁתִּדְרֹשׁ בְּמַעֲשֵׂה מֶרְכָּבָה וּבְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית וּבַחֻקִּים הַכְּתוּבִים בַּתּוֹרָה, כְּגוֹן חֻקִּים וּדְבָרִים שֶׁהַשָּׂטָן מְקַטְרֵג עֲלֵיהֶם וּמֵשִׁיב עֲלֵיהֶם, בַּאֲכִילַת חֲזִיר וְכִלְאֵי כֶּרֶם וְשַׁעַטְנֵז, אֵין לְךָ לַחֲקֹר רַק לְהַסְתִּיר, וְלוֹמַר: גְּזֵרַת מֶלֶךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whereas the honor of kings is to search out a matter** When you expound on the honor of the Sages and on the safeguards that they enacted to the Torah, and on the decrees that they decreed upon them, you should search, seek, and ask the reason for the matter. When you expound on the account of the Merkavah or on the account of the Creation, or on the statutes written in the Torah—like the statutes and things that Satan denounces and refutes, such as eating pork, mingled species in a vineyard, and shaatnes—you should not search, but only conceal [the reason] and say, “It is the King’s decree.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:3:1
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**אֵין חֵקֶר.** לְרוּם שָׁמַיִם וּלְעוֹמֶק הָאָרֶץ וּלְלֵב מְלָכִים אֵין חֵקֶר, שֶׁכַּמָּה דִינִים בָּאִים לִפְנֵיהֶם וְכַמָּה מִלְחָמוֹת, וּצְרִיכִים לָתֵת לֵב לְכֻלָּם. וְאִם כָּל הַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת מְדַבְּרִים וְכָל הַיָּדַיִם כּוֹתְבִין, אֵינָן יְכוֹלִין לִכְתּוֹב חֲלָלָהּ שֶׁל רְשׁוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are unsearchable** The height of the heaven and the depth of the earth and the heart of kings are unsearchable, for many judgments come before them, as well as many wars, and they must apply their heart to all of them. And if all tongues would speak, and all hands would write, they would not be able to inscribe the intricacy of political government.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:4:1)

**הָגוֹ סִיגִים מִכָּסֶף.** מָשׁוּךְ, כְּמוֹ ״כַּאֲשֶׁר הֹגָה מִן הַמְּסִלָּה״ (שמואל ב כ:יג); כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין הַכְּלִי שֶׁל כֶּסֶף יוֹצֵא לִמְלֶאכֶת צוֹרֵף עַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיאוּ מִמֶּנּוּ סִיגִים שֶׁל נְחֹשֶׁת שֶׁבּוֹ, כָּךְ אֵין צִבּוּר נִפְטָרִין מֵעֹנֶשׁ עַד שֶׁיּוֹצִיאוּ מִתּוֹכָם הָרְשָׁעִים וְיַעֲשׂוּ בָּהֶם דִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Remove dross from silver** Heb. הגו, draw away, as in (II Sam. 20:13): “When he was removed (הגה) from the highway.” Just as the silver vessel does not emerge for the work of the refiner until the copper dross is removed from it, similarly, the community cannot be freed from punishment until they remove the wicked from their midst and execute judgment upon them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:6:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:6:1)

**אַל תִּתְהַדַּר לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ.** לְהֵרָאוֹת כְּבוֹדְךָ וּלְהִתְגָּאוֹת לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ אוֹ לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי מִי שֶׁגָּדוֹל מִמְּךָ, כִּי טוֹב שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ לְךָ עֲלֵה הֵנָּה מִשֶּׁתָּבוֹא בְּלֹא רְשׁוּתוֹ וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ צֵא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not glorify yourself before a king** to show your honor and to be proud before one who is greater than you, because it is better that they say to you, “Come up here,” than that you should go without his permission, and they should tell you, “Go down, get out.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:7:1
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**אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ.** שֶׁדָּבָר זֶה אֱמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as your eyes have seen** that this thing is true.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:8:1
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**פֶּן מַה תַּעֲשֶׂה.** פֶּן תָּבֹא לִידֵי לֹא תֵדַע מַה לַּעֲשׂוֹת בְּאַחֲרִיתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest [you will not know] what you will do at its end** Lest you come to a situation that you will not know what to do at its end.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:9:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:9:1)

**רִיבְךָ רִיב אֶת רֵעֶךָ.** וְאִם עַל כָּרְחֲךָ אַתָּה צָרִיךְ לָרִיב וּלְהוֹכִיחַ עִם רֵעֶךָ, מִכָּל מָקוֹם, **סוֹד אַחֵר אַל תְּגַל.** לֹא תַזְכִּיר לוֹ דֹּפִי אֲבוֹתָיו שֶׁמֵּתוּ, שֶׁאֵין הַכֹּל יוֹדְעִין אוֹתוֹ וְאַתָּה מְגַלֵּהוּ (סנהדרין מד:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Have your quarrel with your friend** But if, perforce, you must quarrel and debate with your friend, in any event, **do not divulge another’s secret** Do not mention to him the disgrace of his ancestors, which not everyone knows, and you are revealing it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:10:1
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**פֶּן יְחַסֶּדְךָ שׁוֹמֵעַ.** ״חֶרְפַּת מִצְרַיִם״ (יהושע ה:ט) מְתַרְגְּמִינָן: ״חֲסוּדָא דְּמִצְרָאֵי״, **פֶּן יְחַסֶּדְךָ**, הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ וְיִקְרָאֲךָ מוֹצִיא דִּבָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest one who hears embarrass you** Heb. יחסדך (Josh. 5:9) “The reproach of the Egyptians” is rendered: חסודא דמצראי. Lest one who hears embarrass you, and they will call you a slanderer.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:11:1)

**תַּפּוּחֵי זָהָב.** כְּעֵין כַּפְתּוֹרִין מְצֻיָּרִין עַל **מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת כָּסֶף**. **מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת** כֵּלִים הַמְצֻפִּין בְּכֶסֶף, כְּמוֹ ״וְשַׂכֹּתִי כַפִּי״ (שמות לג:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**golden apples** Like knobs depicted on silverplated vessels. **silverplated vessels** Heb. משכיות כסף, vessels plated with silver, as in (Ex. 33:22): “and I will cover (ושכתי) you with My hand.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:11:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:11:2)

**דָּבָר דָּבוּר עַל אָפְנָיו.** עַל כַּנּוֹ, וְדוּגְמָתוֹ ״נָשָׂאתִי אֵימֶיךָ אָפוּנָה״ (תהלים פח:טז) – מְבֻסֶּסֶת וּמְיֻשֶּׁבֶת בְּקִרְבִּי. וְאֵין זֶה מִגִּזְרַת ׳אוֹפַן וְגַלְגַּל׳ (ישעיהו כח:כז-כח), שֶׁאִלּוּ כֵּן, הָיָה נָקוּד פַּתָּ״ח תַּחַת הַפֵּ״א כְּמוֹ ״הָאוֹפַנִּים״ (מלכים א ז:לב), וְלֹא יִפֹּל בּוֹ נְקֻדַּת חֲטַף קָמַץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a word spoken with proper basis** Heb. אפניו, on its basis. An example of it is (Ps. 88:16): “I bear your terrors, it is settled (אפונה) [in my heart],” based and settled within me. This is not from the root of (Isa. 28: 27f): אפן and גלגל, wheel, for, were it so, it would be vowelized with a “pattach” under the “fe” as in (Ezek. 1:16) “האופנים the wheels.” The vowelization of the short kamatz is inappropriate for it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:12:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:12:1)

**נֶזֶם זָהָב וַחֲלִי כָתֶם.** עֲדִי קְבוּצַת זָהָב, כְּמוֹ ״וַתַּעַד נִזְמָהּ וְחֶלְיָתָהּ״ (הושע ב:טו), כְּמוֹ ״חֲלָאִים״ (שיר השירים ז:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like a golden earring and jewelry of finest gold** A collection of golden jewelry, as in (Hos. 2: 15): “and adorned herself with her earrings and her jewelry (וחליתה),” and like (Song 7:3): “jewels (חלאים).”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:12:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:12:2)

**כֶּתֶם.** לְשׁוֹן תַּכְשִׁיט זָהָב, וְכֵן ״כֶּתֶם פָּז״ (שיר השירים ה:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**finest gold** Heb. כתם an expression of a golden ornament, and likewise (Song 5:11): “His head is as a jewel (כתם) of the finest gold.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:13:1)

**כְּצִנַּת שֶׁלֶג.** כְּקוֹר יְמֵי שֶׁלֶג שֶׁאָדָם מִתְאַוֶּה לוֹ בִּימֵי קָצִיר, וְלֹא שֶׁלֶג מַמָּשׁ, שֶׁהַשֶּׁלֶג לֹא טוֹב הוּא בִּשְׁעַת קָצִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like the cold of snow** Like the cold of the days of snow (winter), for which a person longs at harvest, but not actual snow, because snow is not beneficial during harvest.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:14:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:14:1)

**נְשִׂיאִים וְרוּחַ וְגוֹ׳.** כַּאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה תּוֹחֶלֶת שָׁוְא כְּשֶׁהַשָּׁמַיִם מִתְקַשְּׁרִים בֶּעָבִים וְהָרוּחַ מְנַשֶּׁבֶת וְאָדָם מְצַפֶּה שֶׁיָּבֹא גֶשֶׁם וְלֹא בָא, וְהֵם מִצְטַעֲרִים וְכָלוֹת עֵינֵיהֶם, כָּךְ אִישׁ מִתְפָּאֵר לוֹמַר: כָּךְ וְכָךְ צְדָקָה אֶתֵּן לְיַד גַּבַּאי, וְהוּא מְשַׁקֵּר, וְכָלוֹת עֵינֵי עֲנִיִּים לְמַתְּנָתוֹ וְאֵינָהּ בָּאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Clouds and wind, etc.** When there is a false hope—when the heavens thicken with clouds and the wind blows—people hope that it will rain. Now if it does not rain, they are troubled and their eyes languish. So is a man who boasts, saying, “So much and so much charity I will give to the collector,” but he lies, and the eyes of the poor languish for his gift, but it does not come.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:15:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:15:1)

**בְּאֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יְפֻתֶּה קָצִין.** בְּעוֹד שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַאֲרִיךְ אַפּוֹ וְאֵינוֹ נִפְרָע, יִתְּנוּ לֵב הַחוֹטְאִים לְפַתּוֹתוֹ בִּתְשׁוּבָה וּתְפִלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Ruler is won over with slowness to anger** As long as the Holy One, blessed be He, holds back His anger and does not requite, the sinners will apply their hearts to win Him over with repentance and prayer.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:15:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:15:2)

**וְלָשׁוֹן רַכָּה.** בִּתְפִלָּה וְתַחֲנוּנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a gentle tongue** with prayer and supplications.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:15:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:15:3)

**תִּשְׁבָּר גָּרֶם.** עֶצֶם קֹשִׁי הַגְּזֵרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will break a bone** Heb. גרם a bone, the severity of the decree.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:16:1)

**דְּבַשׁ מָצָאתָ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If you have found honey, etc....**


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:17:1)

**הוֹקַר רַגְלְךָ.** כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאִם מָצָאתָ דְּבַשׁ וְהוּא מָתוֹק לְחִכְּךָ, אַתָּה צָרִיךְ שֶׁלֹּא תֹּאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ פֶּן תִּשְׂבָּעֶנּוּ וַהֲקֵאֹתוֹ, כָּךְ **הוֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶךָ** אַע״פּ שֶׁהוּא מְקָרֶבְךָ, מְנַע מִלָּבֹא שָׁם יוֹם יוֹם **פֶּן יִשְׂבָּעֲךָ** וְיִשְׂנָא אוֹתְךָ. וּלְעִנְיַן מִדְרָשׁוֹ (חגיגה ז.): אַל תְּהִי רָגִיל לַחֲטֹא שׁוֹגֵג וּלְהָבִיא תָּמִיד חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת לְבֵית ה׳ שֶׁנִּקְרָא רֵעַ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּכְתִיב ״זֶה דוֹדִי וְזֶה רֵעִי״ (שיר השירים ה:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Visit your neighbor sparingly** Just as, if you find honey, and it is sweet to your palate, you must not eat [too much] of it lest you become sated with it and vomit it, so should you visit your neighbor sparingly, although he is from your midst [of your kin], refrain from going there daily lest he become sated with you and hate you. [Bracketed words appear in Salonica edition only.] According to its homiletic interpretation, do not accustom yourself to sin inadvertently and to constantly bring sin- offerings and guilt-offerings to the house of the Lord, Who is called a friend to Israel, as it is written (Song 5:16): “This is my beloved and this is my friend.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:18:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:18:1)

**מֵפִיץ וְחֶרֶב.** שֵׁם כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a club, a sword** Names of weapons.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:19:1
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**שֵׁן רָעָה.** רְצוּצָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a broken tooth** Heb. רעה, broken.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:19:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:19:2)

**מוּעָדֶת.** כְּמוֹ ״וְלֹא מָעֲדוּ קַרְסֻלָּי״ (תהלים יח:לז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**unsteady** Heb. מועדת, as in (Ps. 18:37): “and my ankles have not slipped (מעדו).”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:19:3
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**מִבְטַח בּוֹגֵד.** מְכַזֵּב בּוֹ בְּיוֹם צָרָתוֹ כְּשֵׁן רְצוּצָה וּמוּעֶדֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**trust in a traitor** He disappoints him on the day of his trouble like a broken tooth and an unsteady [foot].


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

**מַעֲדֶה בֶּגֶד בְּיוֹם קָרָה.** ״בֶּגֶד עִדִּים״ (ישעיה סד:ה): בֶּגֶד מוּסָר, כְּלִי שֶׁהוּא רָאוּי לַהֲסִירוֹ מֵעָלָיו לְפִי שֶׁהוּא בָּלוּי; כְּדִמְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״וַיָּסַר״ (בראשית ח:יג): ״וְיַעְדֵּי״ (תרגום אונקלוס). וְזֶה פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: בֶּגֶד בָּלוּי הֲרֵי הוּא בְּיוֹם קָרָה **כְּחֹמֶץ עַל נָתֶר** .**נָתֶר.** מִין אֲדָמָה רַכָּה, כְּגוֹן אֲדָמָה שֶׁלָּנוּ הַנִּקְרָא קְרִידָ״א, וְהָיוּ חוֹקְקִים אוֹתָהּ וְעוֹשִׂין כֵּלִים; וְאִם יִפֹּל בּוֹ חֹמֶץ, מְמַסְמְסוֹ וְנִשְׁחָת. אַף **שָׁר בַּשִּׁירִים עַל לֶב רָע.** דּוֹמֶה לִשְׁנֵיהֶם. וּמַה הוּא שָׁר בַּשִּׁירִים? זֶה הַמְּלַמֵּד תּוֹרָה לְתַלְמִיד רָשָׁע אֲשֶׁר אֵין בְּלִבּוֹ לְקַיְּמָהּ (חולין קלג.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A worn-out garment on a cold day** Heb. מעדה בגד, synonymous with (Isa. 64:5): “בגד עדים, a discarded garment,” a worn-out garment that is fit to be taken off since it is worn out, as we translate into Aramaic “ויסר” (Ex. 7:24) as ויעדי, and He shall remove. Now this is its interpretation: A worn-out garment on a cold day is like vinegar on chalk. **chalk** Heb. נתר, a kind of soft earth, like our earth that is called creide, which they would hew and make vessels therefrom, and if vinegar falls on it, [the earth] is dissolved and ruined. So... **is one who sings songs to a broken heart** [lit. on a bad heart. This one] resembles them both. Now what is one who sings songs? This is one who teaches the Torah to a wicked student, who has no intention in his heart to fulfill it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:21:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:21:1)

**אִם רָעֵב שֹׂנַאֲךָ.** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּהוּ (סוכה נב,א-ב) עַל יֵצֶר הָרָע: אִם רָעֵב הוּא וְאוֹמֵר לְךָ לְהַשְׂבִּיעוֹ בַּעֲבֵרוֹת, מְשׁוֹךְ אֶת עַצְמְךָ לְבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ **וְהַאֲכִילֵהוּ** מִלַּחְמָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה, וְכֵן **הַשְׁקֵהוּ מָיִם.** מִימֶיהָ שֶׁל תּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If your enemy is hungry** [to be explained] according to its apparent meaning. Our Rabbis, however, explained it as referring to the evil inclination. If he is hungry and tells you to sate him with sins, draw yourself into the study hall and feed him the bread of Torah, and likewise, give him the water of Torah to drink.


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

**כִּי גֶחָלִים.** הֵם לוֹ שֶׁ**אַתָּה חֹתֶה** וְשׁוֹאֵב מִן הַמְּדוּרָה לָתֵת עַל רֹאשׁוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for...coals** they are to him, that you are scooping from the fire to heap upon his head.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:22:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:22:2)

**חוֹתֶה.** כָּל שְׁאִיבַת גֶּחָלִים מִתּוֹךְ הַהֶסֵּק קָרֵי חוֹתֶה, כְּדַאֲמַר ״לַחְתּוֹת אֵשׁ מִיָּקוּד״ (ישעיהו ל:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**scooping** Heb. חותה. Any scooping of coals from a fire is called חותה, as it is stated (Isa. 30:14): “to scoop (לחתות) fire from a hearth.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:22:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:22:3)

**וַה׳ יְשַׁלֶּם לָךְ.** יַשְׁלִימֶנּוּ עִמָּךְ, שֶׁלֹּא יִתְגַּבֵּר עָלֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will reward you** Heb. ישלם לך, will cause him to make peace with you, that he should not overpower you.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:23:1)

**רוּחַ צָפוֹן תְּחוֹלֵל גָּשֶׁם.** תּוֹלִיד וְתִבְרָא אֶת הַגֶּשֶׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As the north wind begets rain** It begets and creates the rain.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:23:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:23:2)

**וּפָנִים נִזְעָמִים תְּחוֹלֵל לְשׁוֹן סֵתֶר.** לָשׁוֹן הָרָע גּוֹרֵם שֶׁיִּהְיוּ פְּנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא נִזְעָמִים. וְכֵן דִּמְיוֹן פִּתְרוֹן הַמִּקְרָא: **רוּחַ צָפוֹן** עֲשׂוּיָה לְ**חוֹלֵל גָּשֶׁם<b>, וְ<b>לְשׁוֹן סָתֶר** עֲשׂוּיָה **לְפָנִים נִזְעָמִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**an angry countenance** A backbiting tongue begets [an angry countenance]. Slander causes the countenance of the Holy One, blessed be He, to be angry, and this is the comparison [of the interpretation] of the verse. [The bracketed words do not appear in the Salonica edition, which seems more correct than our edition.] The north wind is accustomed to beget rain and a backbiting tongue is accustomed to [beget] an angry countenance.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:24:1)

**טוֹב שֶׁבֶת עַל פִּנַּת גָּג.** עַל סִלּוּק הַשְּׁכִינָה נֶאֱמַר (איכה רבה פתיחתא כה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**It is better to sit on the corner of a roof** This is stated concerning the withdrawal of the Shechinah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:24:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:24:2)

**מֵאֵשֶׁת מְדִינִים.** כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהִרְשִׁיעוּ אֶת מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וְהִקְנִיטוּ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**than a quarrelsome wife** The nation of lsrael, who dealt wickedly and provoked the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:24:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:24:3)

**וּבֵית חָבֶר.** בַּיִת שֶׁחִבְּרוּ בּוֹ גִּלּוּלִים לַשְּׁכִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a house of companionship** A house in which they associated idolatry with the Shechinah.


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

**עַל נֶפֶשׁ עֲיֵפָה.** עֲשׂוּיָה לְהָשִׁיב נֶפֶשׁ עֲיֵפָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to a faint soul** It [cold water] is accustomed to revive a faint soul.


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

**וּשְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה.** אַף הִיא שָׁוָה לָהֶם, וְכֵן יַעֲקֹב: ״וַתְּחִי רוּחַ יַעֲקֹב אֲבִיהֶם״ (בראשית מה:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so is good news** That too is equal to it, and so was it with Jacob (Gen. 45:27): “And the spirit of Jacob their father was revived.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:26:1)

**מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ.** עָכוּר בָּרַגְלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a muddied spring** Muddied by the feet.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:26:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:26:2)

**צַדִּיק מָט לִפְנֵי רָשָׁע.** כְּשֶׁהַצַּדִּיק מָט לִפְנֵי הָרָשָׁע וְיָרֵא לְהוֹכִיחַ עַל פָּנָיו דַּרְכּוֹ, שָׂנאוּי הַדָּבָר **כְּמַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ וּמָקוֹר** נִשְׁחָת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A righteous man slipping before a wicked man** When a righteous man slips before a wicked man and is afraid to reprove him for his way to his face, the matter is hateful like a muddied spring and a ruined fountain.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:27:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:27:1)

**אָכוֹל דְּבַשׁ.** לֶאֱכוֹל דְּבַשׁ יוֹתֵר מִדַּאי. רֶמֶז הַדָּבָר לְדוֹרֵשׁ בְּמַעֲשֵׂה מֶרְכָּבָה (יחזקאל א) וּבְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית (בראשית א) לְגַלּוֹת לָרַבִּים, וְעַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ מְלַגְלְגִים עַל הַדְּבָרִים, וְשׁוֹאֲלִים מַה לְּמַעְלָה מַה לְּמַטָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Eating honey** To eat honey to excess. The topic symbolizes one who expounds on the account of the Merkavah and the account of the Creation to the public; the ignoramuses will ridicule the words and ask what is above and what is below.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 25:27:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 25:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/25:27:2)

**וְחֵקֶר כְּבוֹדָם כָּבוֹד.** וְהֵיכָן הַחֵקֶר רָאוּי לִהְיוֹת? בְּדִבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, אֲשֶׁר כְּבוֹדָם כָּבוֹד בִּגְזֵרוֹתֵיהֶם, יֵשׁ לִשְׁאוֹל מָה טַעַם גָּזְרוּ כָּךְ, וְלָמָּה סִיְּגוּ בְּכָל גְּזֵרָה וּגְזֵרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but fathoming their honor is honor** But when is fathoming appropriate? In the words of the Sages, whose honor is honor: We may ask why they decreed such and such a decree, and why they enacted a safeguard in each decree.