ט֚וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֶּאֱחֹ֣ז בָּזֶ֔ה וְגַם־מִזֶּ֖ה אַל־תַּנַּ֣ח אֶת־יָדֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־יְרֵ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים יֵצֵ֥א אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃
גוט איז דו זאָלסט זיך האַלטן אָן דעם, און אױך פֿון יענעם ניט אָפּלאָזן דײַן האַנט; װאָרום דער װאָס האָט מורא פֿאַר גאָט, קומט דורך מיט בײדע.
Sefer Chasidim
Greater is the merit of a poor man who returns a lost object to its owners than a rich man (who returns a lost object).1Pesahim 113a. The punishment of the rich man who does not return the lost object is more severe than that of the poor man. Merit corresponds to the sacrifice involved2Aboth 5:26. and the goodness of the thought. If he thought to merit the multitude but is unable to do so because they do not listen to him, Scripture regards it as if he actually merited for them.3Berakoth 6a. “For he that feareth God shall discharge himself of them all” (Eccl. 7:18).