Jewish%20thought for Kiddushin 79:12

מחשבה טובה מצרפה למעשה שנאמר (מלאכי ג, טז) אז נדברו יראי ה' איש אל רעהו ויקשב ה' וישמע ויכתב ספר זכרון לפניו ליראי ה' ולחושבי שמו מאי ולחושבי שמו אמר רב אסי אפילו חשב אדם לעשות מצוה ונאנס ולא עשאה מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו עשאה

yet you say that he teaches [some] and omits [others]! - Said Raba, R'Idi explained it to me: Say ye of the righteous, when he is good, that they shall eat the fruit of their doings:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. III, 10.');">²⁰</span> is there then a righteous man who is good and a righteous man who is not good? But he who is good to Heaven and good to man, he is a righteous man who is good; good to Heaven but not good to man, that is a righteous man who is not good.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the verse refers to the first, in connection with whom 'they shall eat the fruit of their doings', i.e., be rewarded in this world. But dismissing the dam is 'good to Heaven' only, i.e., it is obedience to God's will, but of no benefit to man.');">²¹</span>

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