Avos 4:6-7

Avos 4:6

Rabbi Yosi said that one who honors the Torah is honored by mankind, while one who dishonors the Torah is dishonored by mankind.

Avos 4:7

His son Rabbi Yishmael said that a person who refuses to judge a case, one who chooses to abdicate his judicial responsibility rather than earn the losing party’s animosity, or to avoid having to re-allocate property or to impose oaths, or one who is impulsive in rendering a decision, is foolish, evil and arrogant.