The Noda be-Yehuda in one of his responsa rails against those who recite the prayer “L’shem Yichud” before a blessing, as he regards this as an interruption. And since Chasidim do engage in this practice, he interprets the verse, “for the paths of God are righteous; the righteous walk on them, while sinners stumble on them,” [with a wordplay] that “the righteous walk on them, while Chassidim stumble on them.”
Once a descendent of the Noda be-Yehuda came to Ruzhiner and told him that he wanted to reprint the responsa of the Noda be-Yehuda, and he mentioned that he wanted to excise the aforementioned wordplay and restore the original [words of the verse] that “sinners stumble on them.”
The Rizhiner responded: leave it alone. My grandfather converted sinners into Chasidim and you want to transform Chasidim into sinners[?!].
I.F.