## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 29

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

**מַקְשֶׁה עֹרֶף.** מִלִּשְׁמֹעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but stiffens his nape** not to listen.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:1:2
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**פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר.** מַהֵר יִשָּׁבֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will suddenly be broken** He will quickly be broken.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:3:1
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**וְרוֹעֶה.** מְחַבֵּר לוֹ זוֹנוֹת. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (עירובין סד.): הָאוֹמֵר שְׁמוּעָה זוֹ נָאָה – אֶשְׁנֶנָּה, וְזוֹ אֵינָהּ נָאָה – לֹא אֶשְׁנֶנָּה. וְסִיּוּעַ בַּמִּקְרָא, שֶׁאֵין ״זוֹנוֹת״ בַּמִּקְרָא מָלֵא אֶלָּא זֶה בִּלְבַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but one who keeps company with harlots** Heb. ורעה. He joins harlots to himself, as its apparent meaning. Our Sages, however, said: “He who says, ‘This tradition is acceptable, I will learn it, but this one is not acceptable, I will not learn it.’” The support [for this view] from the verse is that זונות throughout the Scriptures is not spelled fully [with two “vavim”] except this once only.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:4:1
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**יַעֲמִיד אָרֶץ.** אִם שׁוֹפֵט אֱמֶת הוּא, **יַעֲמִיד אָרֶץ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**establishes the country** If he is an honest judge, he establishes the country.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:4:2
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**וְאִישׁ תְּרוּמוֹת.** אִישׁ גֵאוּת, שֶׁאֵינוֹ חָשׁ לִהְיוֹת מָתוּן בַּדִּין. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (כתובות קה:): אִם הַדַּיָּן דּוֹמֶה לְמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לִקְנוֹת אוֹהֲבִים וְלִיקַּח שֹׁחַד, הוּא **יַעֲמִיד אָרֶץ**, וְאִם דּוֹמֶה לְכֹהֵן הַשּׁוֹאֵל תְּרוּמוֹת עַל הַגְּרָנוֹת, הוּא **יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a haughty man** Heb. תרומות, a haughty man, who does not care to take time in judgment. Our Rabbis (Keth. 105b) stated: “If the judge is like a king, who does not have to acquire friends and accept bribes, he establishes the country. But if he is like a priest, who asks for terumoth in the threshing floors, he tears it down.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:5:1
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**מַחֲלִיק.** מְדַבֵּר חֲלָקוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**flatters** Heb. מחליק, talks smoothly.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:6:1
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**בְּפֶשַׁע אִישׁ רָע.** יָבֹא מוֹקֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When a wicked man sins** a snare will come.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:6:2
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**וְצַדִּיק.** שֶׁלֹּא הָלַךְ בִּדְרָכָיו, **יָרוּן וְשָׂמֵחַ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a righteous man** who did not go in his ways, sings and rejoices.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:7:1
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**דִּין דַּלִּים.** יִסּוּרֵי דַלִּים וּמַה הֵם צְרִיכִים, וְנוֹתֵן לָהֶם לֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the judgment of the poor** The torments of the poor and what they require, and puts his mind to them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:8:1
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**יָפִיחוּ.** יַלְהִיבוּ, כְּלַהֶבֶת אֵשׁ הַנָּפוּחַ בָּרוּחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**inflame** Heb. יפיחו, lit. they blow. They inflame it like a flame of fire that is fanned by the wind.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:9:1
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**אִישׁ חָכָם נִשְׁפָּט.** מִתְוַכֵּחַ עִם הָאֱוִיל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a wise man contends** Heb. נשפט, debates with the fool.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:9:2
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**וְאֵין נָחַת.** בֵּין מַרְאֶה לוֹ פָּנִים זְעוּפוֹת בֵּין שֶׁמַּרְאֵהוּ פָּנִים שׂוֹחֲקוֹת, אֵין נַחַת לֹא בָזוֹ וְלֹא בָזוֹ, אֵינוֹ מוֹצֵא קוֹרַת רוּחַ. מָצִינוּ בַאֲמַצְיָה, שֶׁהֶרְאָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא פָּנִים שׂוֹחֲקוֹת וּמָסַר בְּיָדוֹ אֱדוֹם, וּבְשׁוּבוֹ מֵהַכּוֹת (דברי הימים ב כה:יד) וַיָּבֵא אֶת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְלָהֶם הִשְׁתַּחֲוָה. לְאָחָז הֶרְאָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא פָּנִים זוֹעֲפוֹת וּמְסָרוֹ בְּיַד מַלְכֵי אֲרָם, וַיִּזְבַּח לֵאלֹהֵי דַמֶּשֶׂק כִּי אָמַר אֱלֹהֵי אֲרָם מְעַזְּרִים לָהֶם (דברי הימים ב כח:כג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he will have no contentment** Whether he shows him an angry countenance or he shows him a laughing countenance, there is no contentment either in this or in that. He finds no satisfaction. We find in the case of Amaziah that the Holy One, blessed be He, showed him a laughing countenance and delivered Edom into his hands, and when he returned from defeating them, (11 Chron 25:14) “he brought their (sic) gods, etc. and prostrated himself before them.” To Ahaz, the Holy One, blessed be He, showed an angry countenance and delivered him into the hands of the kings of Aram (ibid. 28:23): “And he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, etc. for he said, ‘The gods of Aram are helping them.’”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:10:1
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**יְבַקְשׁוּ נַפְשׁוֹ.** לְשׁוֹן חִבָּה, וְנִרְאֶה שֶׁכֵּן הוּא, כְּמָה שֶׁאָמַר דָּוִד לְאֶבְיָתָר: ״אֲשֶׁר יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת נַפְשִׁי יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ״ (שמואל א כב:כג) – מִי שֶׁיִּגְמֹל לִי חֶסֶד יִגְמֹל לְךָ. וְאֵין הַפּוֹתְרִים מוֹדִים לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**seek his soul** [This is] an expression of love, and it appears that it is so, as David said to Abiathar (I Sam. 22:23): “for he who seeks my soul seeks your soul.” He who will deal kindly with me will deal kindly with you. The exegetes, however, do not agree with me.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:11:1
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**בְּאָחוֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה.** כְּשֶׁיּוֹצִיא הַכְּסִיל כָּל רוּחוֹ, בָּא הֶחָכָם וְיַשְׁפִּילֶנּוּ בְּמַעֲנֵה לְשׁוֹנוֹ. וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ ״מַשְׁבִּיחַ שְׁאוֹן יַמִּים״ (תהלים סה:ח); ״בְּשׂוֹא גַלָּיו אַתָּה תְשַׁבְּחֵם״ (תהלים פט:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will quiet it** When the fool has let out all his wind, the wise man comes and humbles it with the reply of his mouth. Similar to this is (Ps. 65:8): “Who stills (משביח) the noise of the seas”; (ibid. 89: 10): “when its waves rise up, You still (תשבחם) them.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:13:1
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**וְאִישׁ תְּכָכִים.** אִישׁ מְזִמּוֹת, בַּעַל תּוֹרָה. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ (תמורה טז.; ויקרא רבה לד,ד) פֵּרְשׁוּ: תַּלְמִיד שֶׁאָמַר לָרַב הַשְׁנֵינִי פֶּרֶק אֶחָד, וּמְלַמְּדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a man of deep thoughts** A man of thoughts, a Torah scholar. And our Sages explained it concerning a disciple who said to a teacher, “Teach me.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:15:1
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**וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח.** שֶׁשְּׁלָחוֹ אָבִיו לָלֶכֶת בְּדַרְכֵי לִבּוֹ, סוֹפוֹ **מֵבִישׁ אִמּוֹ.** יִשְׁמָעֵאל, עַל שֶׁהָיָה רָשָׁע, גָּרַם לְשָׂרָה שֶׁאָמְרָה לְאַבְרָהָם ״גָּרֵשׁ אֶת הָאָמָה וְגוֹמֵר״ (בראשית כא:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but a child left free** Whom his father set free to follow the dictates of his heart, ultimately... **brings shame to his mother** This is Ishmael; since he was wicked, he brought about that Sarah should say to Abraham (Gen. 21:10): “Expel this bondwoman and her son.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:18:1
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**בְּאֵין חָזוֹן יִפָּרַע עָם.** כְּשֶׁגּוֹרְמִין יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהַנְּבוּאָה מִסְתַּלֶּקֶת מֵהֶם, עַל יְדֵי שֶׁהֵם מַלְעִיבִים בַּנְּבִיאִים (דברי הימים ב לו:טז), יִפְרְצוּ בָם פְּרָצוֹת וְיוֹצְאִין לְתַרְבּוּת רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Without vision the people become unrestrained** When Israel causes prophecy to withdraw from them by mocking the prophets, they will become unrestrained and will degenerate.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:19:1
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**כִּי יָבִין וְאֵין מַעֲנֶה.** כֵּיוָן שֶׁרוֹאֵהוּ שֶׁמּוֹכִיחוֹ, שׁוֹתֵק, וְהוּא חוֹזֵר וּמְקַלְקֵל; לְכָךְ צָרִיךְ לְיַסְּרוֹ בְּמַכּוֹת וְעוֹנְשִׁין. וְלֹא דִּבֵּר עַל עֶבֶד מַמָּשׁ, אֶלָּא עַל כָּל הַמַּמְרִים דִּבְרֵי הַשּׁוֹפְטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because he will understand, but without response** As soon as he sees him (sic) that the one who was reproving him is silent, he reverts to his sins; therefore, one must chastise him with blows and punishments. He does not speak of an actual slave, but about all who disobey the words of the judges.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:20:1
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**אָץ בִּדְבָרָיו.** מְמַהֵר וְנִבְהָל לְהָשִׁיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hasty with his words** Who hurries and rushes to reply.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:20:2
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**תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּנּוּ.** יֵשׁ לַכְּסִיל תִּקְוָה יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there is more hope for a fool than for him** A fool has more hope than he.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:21:1
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**מְפַנֵּק מִנֹּעַר עַבְדּוֹ.** יֵצֶר הָרָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If one pampers his slave from childhood** [This refers to] the evil inclination.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:21:2
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**מָנוֹן.** שַׁלִּיט, וְכֵן ״לִפְנֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ יִנּוֹן שְׁמוֹ״ (תהלים עב:יז); וְכֵן כָּל ׳נִין׳ שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא, שֶׁהַנִּין קָם תַּחַת אָבִיו לִשְׁלוֹט בִּנְכָסָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a ruler** Heb. מנון, a ruler, and so is (Ps.72:17): “May His name be magnified (ינון) as long as the sun exists.” Similarly, every instance of נין in the Bible, since the son rises in his father’s stead to rule over his property.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:22:1
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**אִישׁ אַף יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן.** כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ. **מָדוֹן** מִדַּת הַדִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**stirs up strife** According to its apparent meaning, מדון is the Divine standard of justice.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:23:1
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**יִתְמֹךְ כָּבוֹד.** יִקְרַב אֶל הַכָּבוֹד וְתוֹמֵךְ בּוֹ תָּמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will grasp honor** Heb. יתמך, will come near the honor and constantly grasp it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:24:1
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**אָלָה יִשְׁמַע.** שֶׁמַּשְׁבִּיעִין אוֹתוֹ: אִם רָאִיתָ פְּלוֹנִי שֶׁגָּנַב לִי כָּךְ וְכָךְ; וּמִתּוֹךְ שֶׁהוּא חוֹלֵק עִמּוֹ, אֵינוֹ מַגִּיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he hears an oath** that they adjure him, “Did you see so and so who stole so much and so much from me?” And since he shares with him, he does not testify.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:25:1
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**חֶרְדַּת אָדָם יִתֵּן מוֹקֵשׁ.** מְסֹרָס הוּא: מוֹקֵשׁ, עֲבֵרָה, יִתֵּן חֲרָדָה לָאָדָם. דָּבָר אַחֵר: כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ: מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁאָדָם צַר עַיִן, וְחָרֵד, אִם יַעֲשֶׂה צְדָקָה, יִצְטָרֵךְ אֶל הַבְּרִיּוֹת; חֲרָדָה זוֹ תִּתֵּן לוֹ מוֹקֵשׁ. וְהָרִאשׁוֹן נוֹחַ לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A snare brings terror to a person** It is transposed. A snare of sin brings terror to a person. Another explanation: According to its apparent meaning, if a person is stingy and fears that if he gives charity he will require help from people, this fear will be a snare for him. I prefer the former [interpretation], however.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 29:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/29:26:1)

**פְּנֵי מוֹשֵׁל.** לָדוּן לְפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the countenance of a ruler** to litigate before him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:26:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 29:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/29:26:2)

**וּמֵיְהוָה מִשְׁפַּט אִישׁ.** אִם יִזְכֶּה אוֹ אִם יִתְחַיֵּב. וּבַמּוֹשְׁלִים דִּבֵּר הַכָּתוּב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the judgment of a person** Any [judgment], whether he will be adjudged innocent or guilty. Scripture [here] speaks of the gentile kings.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 29:27:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 29:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/29:27:1)

**יְשַׁר דָּרֶךְ.** אָדָם שֶׁהוּא יָשָׁר בִּדְרָכָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whose way is straight** A man who is straight in his ways.