Adulation חֲנֻפָּה Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/38 Segment 1 HE: עַל־יְדֵי הַחֲנֻפָּה בָּא לִידֵי נִבּוּל־פֶּה, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְהֵפֶךְ. EN: 1. Through adulation, one comes into the grip of foul language, and the opposite is also true. Segment 2 HE: עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נַעֲשֵׂית אִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָה וּבָנָיו יְתוֹמִים וְאֵין מְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם. EN: 2. Through adulation, one's wife becomes a widow, and his children orphans, and no one has compassion on them. Segment 3 HE: עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא פַּחַד. EN: 3. Through adulation comes fright. Segment 4 HE: מִי שֶׁהוֹלֵךְ בַּשּׁוּק וְנוֹפֵל, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ חֲנֻפָּה. EN: 4. Someone who walks in the marketplace and falls, it is certain that he has adulation in him. Segment 5 HE: עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא כְּאֵב־לֵב. EN: 5. Through adulation comes heartache. Segment 6 HE: מִי שֶׁבִּטְחוֹנוֹ עַל אֲחֵרִים, בָּא לִידֵי חֲנֻפָּה. EN: 6. Someone who relies on others, comes into the grip of adulation. Segment 7 HE: מִי שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מֵחֲנֻפָּה, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה בָּא לוֹ יְשׁוּעָה. EN: 7. One who guards himself from adulation, through this, salvation comes to him. Segment 8 HE: מֻתָּר לְהַחֲנִיף לָרְשָׁעִים בָּעוֹלָם־הַזֶּה. EN: 8. It is permitted to adulate wicked people in this world. Segment 9 HE: עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה נִתְעוֹרֵר הַדִּין. EN: 9. Through adulation, judgment is aroused. Segment 10 HE: גַּם תְּפִלָּתוֹ אֵינָהּ נִשְׁמַעַת וּמָאוּס בְּעֵינֵי כֹּל. EN: 10. Also, one's prayer is not heard, and one becomes repulsive in everyones' eyes. Segment 11 HE: עַל־יְדֵי חֲנֻפָּה בָּא לִידֵי כְּפִירָה. EN: 1. Through adulation, one comes into the grip of heresy.