929/Mishlei 1-3: Menschkeit

(ח) שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ׃ (ט) כִּ֤י ׀ לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ (י) בְּנִ֡י אִם־יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל־תֹּבֵֽא׃

Proverbs 1:8-10

(8) My son, heed the discipline of your father, And do not forsake the instruction of your mother; (9) For they are a graceful wreath upon your head, A necklace about your throat. (10) My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield;

משלי א׳:כ׳-כ״ג

(כ) חׇ֭כְמוֹת בַּח֣וּץ תָּרֹ֑נָּה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽהּ׃ (כא) בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הֹמִיּ֗וֹת תִּ֫קְרָ֥א בְּפִתְחֵ֖י שְׁעָרִ֥ים בָּעִ֗יר אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ תֹאמֵֽר׃ (כב) עַד־מָתַ֣י ׀ פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ־פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ לָהֶ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ־דָֽעַת׃ (כג) תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י הִנֵּ֤ה אַבִּ֣יעָה לָכֶ֣ם רוּחִ֑י אוֹדִ֖יעָה דְבָרַ֣י אֶתְכֶֽם׃

Proverbs 1:20-23

(20) Wisdom cries aloud in the streets, Raises her voice in the squares. (21) At the head of the busy streets she calls; At the entrance of the gates, in the city, she speaks out: (22) “How long will you simple ones love simplicity, You scoffers be eager to scoff, You dullards hate knowledge? (23) You are indifferent to my rebuke; I will now speak my mind to you, And let you know my thoughts.

משלי ג׳:י״ג-י״ח

(יג) אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם מָצָ֣א חׇכְמָ֑ה וְ֝אָדָ֗ם יָפִ֥יק תְּבוּנָֽה׃ (יד) כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב סַ֭חְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּ֑סֶף וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃ (טו) יְקָ֣רָה הִ֭יא (מפניים) [מִפְּנִינִ֑ים] וְכׇל־חֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃ (טז) אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ עֹ֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד׃ (יז) דְּרָכֶ֥יהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹ֑עַם וְֽכׇל־נְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣יהָ שָׁלֽוֹם׃ (יח) עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣ים בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ {פ}

Proverbs 3:13-18

(13) Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who attains understanding. (14) Her value in trade is better than silver, Her yield, greater than gold. (15) She is more precious than rubies; All of your goods cannot equal her. (16) In her right hand is length of days, In her left, riches and honor. (17) Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths, peaceful. (18) She is a tree of life to those who grasp her, And whoever holds on to her is happy.

משלי ג׳:כ״ז-ל״א

(כז) אַל־תִּמְנַע־ט֥וֹב מִבְּעָלָ֑יו בִּֽהְי֨וֹת לְאֵ֖ל (ידיך) [יָדְךָ֣] לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (כח) אַל־תֹּ֘אמַ֤ר (לרעיך) [לְרֵעֲךָ֨ ׀] לֵ֣ךְ וָ֭שׁוּב וּמָחָ֥ר אֶתֵּ֗ן וְיֵ֣שׁ אִתָּֽךְ׃ (כט) אַל־תַּחֲרֹ֣שׁ עַל־רֵעֲךָ֣ רָעָ֑ה וְהֽוּא־יוֹשֵׁ֖ב לָבֶ֣טַח אִתָּֽךְ׃ (ל) אַל־[תָּרִ֣יב] (תרוב) עִם־אָדָ֣ם חִנָּ֑ם אִם־לֹ֖א גְמָלְךָ֣ רָעָֽה׃ (לא) אַל־תְּ֭קַנֵּא בְּאִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס וְאַל־תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר בְּכׇל־דְּרָכָֽיו׃

Proverbs 3:27-31

(27) Do not withhold good from one who deserves it When you have the power to do it [for him]. (28) Do not say to your fellow, “Come back again; I’ll give it to you tomorrow,” when you have it with you. (29) Do not devise harm against your fellow Who lives trustfully with you. (30) Do not quarrel with a man for no cause, When he has done you no harm. (31) Do not envy a lawless man, Or choose any of his ways;

בבא קמא פ״א ב:כ׳

כִּדְתַנְיָא: הֲרֵי שֶׁכָּלוּ פֵּירוֹתָיו מִן הַשָּׂדֶה, וְאֵינוֹ מַנִּיחַ בְּנֵי אָדָם לִיכָּנֵס בְּתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ – מָה הַבְּרִיּוֹת אוֹמְרוֹת עָלָיו? מָה הֲנָאָה יֵשׁ לִפְלוֹנִי, וּמָה הַבְּרִיּוֹת מַזִּיקוֹת לוֹ? עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר: ״מִהְיוֹת טוֹב אַל תִּקָּרֵי רָע״. וּמִי כְּתִיב: ״מִהְיוֹת טוֹב אַל תִּקָּרֵי רָע״? אִין, כְּתִיב כִּי הַאי גַוְונָא: ״אַל תִּמְנַע טוֹב מִבְּעָלָיו, בִּהְיוֹת לְאֵל יָדְךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת״.

Bava Kamma 81b:20

As it is taught in a baraita: If one’s produce was completely harvested from the field, but he does not allow people to enter into his field to shorten their route, what do people say about him? They say: What benefit does so-and-so have by denying entry into his field? And what harm are people causing him by traversing his field? Concerning him, the verse says: Do not be called wicked by refraining from being good. The Gemara asks: Is it really written: Do not be called wicked by refraining from being good? There is no such verse in the Bible. The Gemara answers: Yes, an idea like this is found in the Bible, albeit in a slightly different form, as it is written like this: “Withhold not good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it” (Proverbs 3:27).

בבא מציעא ע״ו א:ט׳

אִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: לְעוֹלָם דַּאֲמַר לֵיהּ בַּעַל הַבַּיִת בְּאַרְבְּעָה, וַאֲזַל אִיהוּ אֲמַר לְהוּ בִּתְלָתָא, וּדְקָאָמְרַתְּ סְבוּר וְקַבֵּיל, דְּאָמְרִי לֵיהּ לֵית לָךָ ״אַל תִּמְנַע טוֹב מִבְּעָלָיו״?

Bava Metzia 76a:9

If you wish, say that actually, we are dealing with an employer who said to the middleman: Hire laborers for four, and he went and told them that they were hired for three. And as for that which you said: Why should they have a grievance against him, as they knew and accepted these terms? Although they agreed to those terms, they still have a grievance, as they can say to the one who came to terms with them: Don’t you have respect for the verse: “Do not withhold good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it” (Proverbs 3:27)?

בבא מציעא קי״א א:י״א

אֵיזֶה הוּא עוֹשֶׁק וְאֵיזֶהוּ גָּזֵל? אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: ״לֵךְ וָשׁוּב״, ״לֵךְ וָשׁוּב״ – זֶה הוּא עוֹשֶׁק. ״יֵשׁ לְךָ בְּיָדִי וְאֵינִי נוֹתֵן לְךָ״ – זֶה הוּא גָּזֵל.

Bava Metzia 111a:11

§ The Gemara asks: What is defined as oppression and what is defined as stealing (Lev. 19:13), and what is the difference between them? Rav Ḥisda said: If he told him: Go and return, go and return (see Proverbs 3:28), avoiding paying him while saying that he will pay him at some point, this is oppression. If he says to him: You have money owed to you in my possession but I will not give it to you, this is stealing.

גיטין צ׳ א:י״ד

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב מְשַׁרְשְׁיָא לְרָבָא: אִם לִבּוֹ לְגָרְשָׁהּ, וְהִיא יוֹשֶׁבֶת תַּחְתָּיו וּמְשַׁמַּשְׁתּוֹ, מַהוּ? קָרֵי עֲלֵיהּ: ״אַל תַּחֲרֹשׁ עַל רֵעֲךָ רָעָה וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב לָבֶטַח אִתָּךְ״.

Gittin 90a:14

Rav Mesharshiyya said to Rava: If he intends to divorce her and she is living with him and serving him, what is the halakha? Rava read the following verse about such a person: “Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you” (Proverbs 3:29).