DEUT426 To the same extent, then, that man accustoms himself to practice the virtues of goodness and kindness throughout all his life, will he enjoy the goodness and abundant chesed of the Holy One, Blessed be He, in this world and the next. We have found this holy virtue evaluated, in many instances, in the Kethuvim [“writings,” e.g., Psalms, Proverbs, Job, etc.; the third section of the Tanakh - AJL] and in Rabbinic literature, as being equivalent to Torah study, both in respect of saving man from suffering in this world and the next, and also of making him worthy of receiving all that is good.