Kiddushin 41A

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לא עלתה בידו אלא רגזנותא. ולאדם טוב מטעימים אותו מפרי מעשיו. וכל שאינו לא במקרא ולא במשנה ולא בדרך ארץ ⁠– דור הנאה ממנו, שנאמר: ״ובמושב לצים לא ישב״⁠ – מושבו מושב לצים.

has managed to acquire only anger [ragzanuta], i.e., nothing beneficial comes through anger; in the end he is left with nothing but the anger itself. And a good person is given the fruit of his actions to taste. And with regard to any person who does not engage in the study of Bible, nor the study of Mishnah, nor the desired mode of behavior, one should vow to not derive benefit from him, and one should have no contact with him, as it is stated: “Nor sat in the seat of the scornful” (Psalms 1:1). The seat of this person is certainly the seat of the scornful, as he is engaged in nothing but idle matters.

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