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

Welcome to another episode of Nach Daily. Today we’re learning Mishlei Perek 17 which contains 28 pessukim. In this perek, Shlomo Hamelech continues to point us to a good true path of life, cultivating positive and healthy attitudes and behaviors that will bring us to live a moral, honest life, connected to God, while simultaneously warning us of the pitfalls of moral corruption and negative actions. Shlomo begins by relating that it’s better to be poor and at peace than to be wealthy and embattled. God looks at the heart, not at our financial stature. Therefore, mocking the poor is like mocking the Maker. Rejoicing in others’ misfortunes won't go unpunished. Verse 9 says that “Michaseh pesha mivakesh ahava, v’soneh v’davar mafrid aluph - He who covers another’s sin elicits his love. But he who belabors a matter alienates a leader.” Rashi explains that if a person wrongs you, but you hide your upset feelings by not constantly reminding the person of what he did, that person will eventually come to love