Glorify and respect the doctor, for he will support you in your time of distress.
A doctor should be respected because he is able to improve a person’s ill health.
(“Honor the physician and give him his due respect, for you may need him in time of trouble… The Lord created medicines from the earth, and a discerning person will not despise them. Did He not make bitter water sweet, to make His power known to human beings? The pharmacist prepares the compounds, yet his ability to heal is limited unless the Lord grants life upon the earth.”)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֲדֵר פְּנֵי רוֹפֵא וְכַבְּדֵהוּ, כִּי יָקוּם לְךָ בְּעֵת צָרָה
Definition (Hebrew)
יֵשׁ לְכַבֵּד אֶת הָרוֹפֵא שֶׁיֵּשׁ בִּיכָלְתּוֹ לְסַיֵּעַ לִבְרִיאוּת הָאָדָם בְּעֵת צָרָה.
("הֲדַר פְּנֵי רוֹפֵא וְכַבְּדֵהוּ, כִּי יָקוּם לְךָ בְּעֵת צָרָה... סַמִּים הִצְמִיחַ ה' מִן הָאֲדָמָה – וְנָבוֹן לֹא יָקוּץ בְּמוֹ. הֲלֹא הִמְתִּיק בְּמוֹ מַיִם מָרִים, לְהוֹדִיעַ כּוֹחָם לִבְנֵי אָדָם. לְמִרְקַחַת יִרְקָחֵם הָרוֹקֵחַ, אַךְ קָצְרָה יָדוֹ לְרַפֹּאת אִם ה' לֹא יִתֵּן חַיִּים עַל פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ" - בֶּן סִירָא, לַח, אַ-ז).