יֵ֣שׁ אֶחָד֩ וְאֵ֨ין שֵׁנִ֜י גַּ֣ם בֵּ֧ן וָאָ֣ח אֵֽין־ל֗וֹ וְאֵ֥ין קֵץ֙ לְכָל־עֲמָל֔וֹ גַּם־עיניו [עֵינ֖וֹ] לֹא־תִשְׂבַּ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁר וּלְמִ֣י ׀ אֲנִ֣י עָמֵ֗ל וּמְחַסֵּ֤ר אֶת־נַפְשִׁי֙ מִטּוֹבָ֔ה גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֛בֶל וְעִנְיַ֥ן רָ֖ע הֽוּא׃
May taong nag-iisa at walang kasama; wala rin siyang anak o kapatid; gayunman, walang katapusan ang lahat ng kanyang pagpapagal, at hindi rin nasisiyahan ang kanyang mata sa kayamanan. “Para kanino ba ako nagpapagal at ipinagkakait ko sa aking sarili ang ginhawa?” Ito man ay walang kabuluhan at isang masamang gawain.
Sha'arei Kedusha
Greed is the father of all impurity. It brings to hatred and envy, as well as theft, false oaths and even murder. This prohibition is the last of the Ten Commandments and is equal to them all, since459Ecclesiastes 4:8 “his eye is never sated with wealth,” like the eye of the snake, about whom it states,460Isaiah 65:25 “The food of the snake shall be dust.” Similarly, it is written,461Proverbs 28:22 “One who is overeager for wealth has an evil eye, he does not know that want may befall him.”