Reference for Kiddushin 79:14

ואלא הא דכתיב (יחזקאל יד, ה) למען תפוש את [בית] ישראל בלבם אמר רב אחא בר יעקב ההוא בעבודת כוכבים הוא דכתיב דאמר מר חמורה עבודת כוכבים שכל הכופר בה כמודה בכל התורה כולה

Merit has both stock and fruit,for it is said: Say ye of the righteous, when he is good etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'The fruit of his doings' implies reward over and above his merits.');">²³</span> Transgression has stock but not fruit,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one is punished only according to his desserts.');">²⁴</span> for it is said: Woe unto the wicked when he is evil etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Only 'the reward of his hands' is mentioned, but not more.');">²⁵</span>

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