Psalms 119:60 Talmud References: Tractate Derekh Eretz Zuta

Keep aloof from anything which may bring you to sin. Recoil from [even] a minor sin that it may not lead you to a major sin. Hasten to [perform] a light precept¹⁷Cf. Ps. 119, 60. One is more liable to be slack and procrastinating with an easy task and so forget it; to obviate this a man should hasten to perform it as soon as it presents itself. and flee¹⁸Not merely avoid, but put as long a distance as possible between yourself and transgression. from even] a trivial transgression lest it will lead you to commit a grave transgression.