וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה אִישׁ֙ שֹׂנֵ֣א לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ וְאָ֤רַב לוֹ֙ וְקָ֣ם עָלָ֔יו וְהִכָּ֥הוּ נֶ֖פֶשׁ וָמֵ֑ת וְנָ֕ס אֶל־אַחַ֖ת הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽל׃
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities;
Sefer Chasidim
Do not bring yourself to a light transgression for it will bring you to a more serious one. If one transgressed the injunction “Thou shalt not hate” he ultimately comes to the “spilling of blood (murder),” for it is said, “But if any man hate his neighbor and lie in wait for him and rise up against him and smite him mortally that he die” (Deut. 19:11).1Aboth 4:2.