שַׁח֣וּ רָ֭עִים לִפְנֵ֣י טוֹבִ֑ים וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֥י צַדִּֽיק׃
Ang masasama ay yuyuko sa harap ng mabubuti, at ang mga makasalanan ay yuyuko sa mga pintuan ng matuwid.
Duties of the Heart
(2) When meeting those who are wise in knowledge of G-d and of His torah, or pious men who are near to G-d, as written: "Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me" (Tehilim 141:5), and "The evil bow before the good" (Mishlei 14:19).
Duties of the Heart
From this analogy, there is to stir a person to wage war against the taavot (base desires), and to stand up to the yetzer with diligent exertion. Because we have seen that the yetzer is too weak to stand up against the Understanding, and how quickly he falls before it, as written "the evil ones bow before the good" (Mishlei 14:19).