Nachdaily: 5 Minute Perek Of Tanach Covering The Entire Navi. Sefer Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim, Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Ye

I hope you’re all doing well today. Welcome to another episode of NachDaily, Mishlei Perek 29. The perek opens by relating that one who deserves rebuke, but runs away from it, will eventually suffer the consequences. Increasing honest righteous people in the world brings it to a better state, while increasing evil brings destruction. Loving wisdom brings your Father, Hashem, joy, but flattery will lead to one’s downfall. Verse 6 says: “B’fesha ish ra mokesh, v’Tzaddik yarun v’sameach - A wicked man is trapped by his own sin, but the righteous man sings and rejoices.” The Ramad Walli explains that we should be happy when tuma, impurity, and evil are eradicated from this world, but aren’t we taught not to be happy for the downfall of Reshaim, evil ones? The Ramad Walli explains that this is before they are punished. We should want, expect and hope for them to be taken from this world, but it would be better for them to do Teshuva. However, after they‘re punished and evil is eradicated, then we can be happy