Teachings
Adulation
Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits · 11 individual teachings
עַל־יְדֵי הַחֲנֻפָּה בָּא לִידֵי נִבּוּל־פֶּה, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְהֵפֶךְ.
1. Through adulation, one comes into the grip of foul language, and the opposite is also true.
עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נַעֲשֵׂית אִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָה וּבָנָיו יְתוֹמִים וְאֵין מְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם.
2. Through adulation, one's wife becomes a widow, and his children orphans, and no one has compassion on them.
עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא פַּחַד.
3. Through adulation comes fright.
מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בַּשּׁוּק וְנוֹפֵל, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ חֲנֻפָּה.
4. Someone who walks in the marketplace and falls, it is certain that he has adulation in him.
עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא כְּאֵב־לֵב.
5. Through adulation comes heartache.
מִי שֶׁבִּטְחוֹנוֹ עַל אֲחֵרִים, בָּא לִידֵי חֲנֻפָּה.
6. Someone who relies on others, comes into the grip of adulation.
מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מֵחֲנֻפָּה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לוֹ יְשׁוּעָה.
7. One who guards himself from adulation, through this, salvation comes to him.
מֻתָּר לְהַחֲנִיף לָרְשָׁעִים בָּעוֹלָם־הַזֶּה.
8. It is permitted to adulate wicked people in this world.
עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נִתְעוֹרֵר הַדִּין.
9. Through adulation, judgment is aroused.
גַּם תְּפִלָּתוֹ אֵינָהּ נִשְׁמַעַת וּמָאוּס בְּעֵינֵי כֹּל.
10. Also, one's prayer is not heard, and one becomes repulsive in everyones' eyes.
עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא לִידֵי כְּפִירָה.
1. Through adulation, one comes into the grip of heresy.
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