Rebbe Chiya bar Ami said in the name of Ulla: Greater is the one who eats the fruits of his own labor than one who fears heaven. About one who fears heaven, it is written: "Praiseworthy is the man who fears God." (Psalms 112:1) But about one who eats the fruits of his own labor, it is written: "When you eat the fruits of your own labor, you are praiseworthy and it is well with you." (Psalms 128:2) "You are praiseworthy" in this world, "and it is well with you" in the World to Come. About the one who fears Heaven, it does not say "it is well with you."
(Brachot 8a)
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