Musar for Yoma 144:15
אמר רבי שמואל בר נחמני רבי יונתן רמי כתיב (תהלים יט, ט) פקודי ה' ישרים משמחי לב וכתיב (תהלים יח, לא) אמרת ה' צרופה זכה משמחתו לא זכה צורפתו ריש לקיש אמר מגופיה דקרא נפקא זכה צורפתו לחיים לא זכה צורפתו למיתה
Abaye, or, as some say, Rabbah B''Ulla said: He is called abominable, as it is said: How much less one that is abominable and impure, man who drinketh iniquity like water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job XV,16; rendered, one who drinketh the water of the Torah and yet has iniquity in him.');"><sup>21</sup></span> R'Samuel B'Nahmani, in the name of R'Jonathan: What is the meaning of the scriptural statement: Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool, to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XVII, 16. Wisdom is knowledge of the Torah, understanding is moral rightness, based on fear of heaven. Hence this interpretation.');"><sup>22</sup></span>
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