# Adulation

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Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/38


## Segment 1

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עַל־יְדֵי הַחֲנֻפָּה בָּא לִידֵי נִבּוּל־פֶּה, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְהֵפֶךְ.

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1. Through adulation, one comes into the grip of foul language, and the opposite is also true.


## Segment 2

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עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נַעֲשֵׂית אִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָה וּבָנָיו יְתוֹמִים וְאֵין מְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם.

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2. Through adulation, one's wife becomes a widow, and his children orphans, and no one has compassion on them.


## Segment 3

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עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא פַּחַד.

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3. Through adulation comes fright.


## Segment 4

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מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בַּשּׁוּק וְנוֹפֵל, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ חֲנֻפָּה.

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4. Someone who walks in the marketplace and falls, it is certain that he has adulation in him.


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עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא כְּאֵב־לֵב.

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5. Through adulation comes heartache.


## Segment 6

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מִי שֶׁבִּטְחוֹנוֹ עַל אֲחֵרִים, בָּא לִידֵי חֲנֻפָּה.

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6. Someone who relies on others, comes into the grip of adulation.


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מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מֵחֲנֻפָּה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לוֹ יְשׁוּעָה.

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7. One who guards himself from adulation, through this, salvation comes to him.


## Segment 8

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מֻתָּר לְהַחֲנִיף לָרְשָׁעִים בָּעוֹלָם־הַזֶּה.

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8. It is permitted to adulate wicked people in this world.


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עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נִתְעוֹרֵר הַדִּין.

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9. Through adulation, judgment is aroused.


## Segment 10

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גַּם תְּפִלָּתוֹ אֵינָהּ נִשְׁמַעַת וּמָאוּס בְּעֵינֵי כֹּל.

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10. Also, one's prayer is not heard, and one becomes repulsive in everyones' eyes.


## Segment 11

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עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא לִידֵי כְּפִירָה.

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1. Through adulation, one comes into the grip of heresy.