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Rabbi Yirmiyah bar Abba said,¹⁶Sotah 42a. "[The following] four categories [of people] will not see the Divine Presence [in the Hereafter]: scorners, flatterers, liars, and those who speak lashon hara (slanderers). Scorners [can be inferred], from the verse; 'He withdraws His hand from scorners."¹⁷Hosea 7:5. (Rashi explains [mashach yado] the Holy One, blessed is He, pulls away His hand, [rejecting] the company of scorners). Flatterers, [can be inferred], from the verse, "A flatterer cannot come before Him."¹⁸Job 13:6. Liars [may be inferred], from the verse, "He who tells lies will have no place before My eyes."¹⁹Psalms 101:7. Those who speak lashon hara, from the verse, "You are not a God Who desires wickedness, evil will not abide with You."²⁰Psalms 5:5. (Rashi explains [that the phrase] "Evil will not abide with You" refers to those who speak lashon hara, because it is written in this psalm²¹Psalms 5:10. "For there is no sincerity in their mouth…") [The Gemara concludes:] "Since you are a righteous God, no evil can abide in Your dwelling."²²Sotah 42a. Our Rabbis of blessed memory said furthermore,²³Sanhedrin 63b. "All ridicule is forbidden except for ridiculing idol worship,²⁴It is considered a great mitzvah to ridicule idol worship and deride an evil and immoral way of life. (Siddur Arizal) for it is written, "And it happened at noon that Eliyahu mocked them…"²⁵I Kings 18:27.