Musar for Ketubot 206:12
ואי בעית אימא כיון דאמר ר' חנינא בר חמא ישב בראש לא סגי דלא מליך דכתיב בהו בצדיקים (איוב כב, כח) ותגזר אומר ויקם לך
And if you prefer I might reply: Since [Rabbi] said, “Hanina b. Hama shall sit at the head of the academy,” there could be no possibility of his not becoming head; for about the righteous it is written “You shall decree and it shall be done.”
Mesilat Yesharim
Our sages of blessed memory expounded (Ketuvot 103b): "'he honors those who fear G-d' (Tehilim 15:4) - this refers to Yehoshafat King of Judah, who, whenever he saw a Torah scholar, would rise up from his throne, hug him, kiss him, and say to him: 'Rebbi, Rebbi, my teacher, my teacher'".
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