Rashi, on Prov 16:1

“It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.”

“The preparations of the heart are man’s He arranges his counsel and his words in his heart. but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord When he comes to answer, the Holy One, blessed be He, causes him to stumble with his words—or if he merits, He prepares a good reply for him.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.