Musar for Pirkei Avot 4:6
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, כָּל הַמְכַבֵּד אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, גּוּפוֹ מְכֻבָּד עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת. וְכָל הַמְחַלֵּל אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, גּוּפוֹ מְחֻלָּל עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת:
R. Yossi says: If one honors the Torah, his body is honored by men. [If one expounds the "defective" and "superfluous" (phrasings) in the Torah and adduces reasons for all of the apexes, showing that there is nothing insignificant in them, there is no honoring of the Torah greater than this. Or: If one honors a Torah scroll and those who study Torah and occupy themselves with it — all of these are in the category of honoring Torah.] And if one desecrates the Torah, his body is "desecrated" by men.
Mesilat Yesharim
Further included in fear is honoring the Torah and those who study it. We learned explicitly: "Whoever honors the Torah, is himself honored by the people" (Avot 4:6). And our sages, of blessed memory, said:
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