The Jewish Wisdom Database

A man wil soon forget his sin if he does not make it public.

It is not the sin that drives one crazy the the desire to sin.

Who covers his sin with a lie is like one that tries to hide a stain on his coat with a hole in his mantle.

Jewish law knows no incurable sin.

Who slanders is a fool.

Come, see how great the power of slander! How do we know? From the story of the spies that went into the Promised Land.

The slanderer is like a snake that can only hurt and profits not.

If you have said any little word of evil about others, regard it as a big one!

The talebearer destroys three persons: himself, the listener and the victim.

The sleep of the wicked is a benefit to them and a boon to the world.

Just as the law against defrauding applies to buying and selling, so does it apply to the spoken word.

Who suspects the upright will be smitten with bodily ill.

All swindlers hate and besmirch each other.

If you have taken what is not yours, even that which is yours shall be taken from you.

No man should lead himself into temptation.

No temptation to sin should be offered to the honest, much less to the thief. [Opportunity makes the villain.]

God only created the evil urge to tempt men.

The breach beckons the burglar.

If a thief finds nothing to steal, he thinks himself honest.

Before a thief steals, he has learned to lie.

As you do, so will you be done by.

If a man sees trouble brewing, let him examine his own acts!

Usury is as shedding blood.

Who takes exorbitant interest suffers impairment of his property.

How blindfold are those who lend at interest!