Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 79:7

תניא ר"ש בן אלעזר אומר אם יאמרו לך ילדים בנה וזקנים סתור שמע לזקנים ואל תשמע לילדים שבנין ילדים סתירה וסתירת זקנים בנין וסימן לדבר (מלכים א יב, כא) רחבעם בן שלמה

Now, if one does visit, what is his reward? [You ask,] 'what is his reward?' Even as hath been said; 'he will be delivered from the punishment of Gehenna!' — But what is his reward in this world? — The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XLI, 3. ');">¹¹</span> 'The Lord will preserve him'. — from the Evil Urge, 'and keep him alive' — [saving him] from sufferings; 'and he shall be blessed upon the' earth,' — that all will take pride in him;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'all will be honoured in him' — he will be a source of pride to all. ');">¹²</span>

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