כִּ֤י נָבָל֙ נְבָלָ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְלִבּ֖וֹ יַעֲשֶׂה־אָ֑וֶן לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חֹ֗נֶף וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־יְהוָה֙ תּוֹעָ֔ה לְהָרִיק֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָעֵ֔ב וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה צָמֵ֖א יַחְסִֽיר׃
Sapagkat ang hamak ay nagsasalita ng kabuktutan, at ang kanyang puso ay nagbabalak ng kasamaan, upang gumawa ng pagkukunwari at magsalita ng kamalian laban sa Walang-Hanggan, upang hungkagin ang kaluluwa ng nagugutom, at ipagkait ang inumin sa nauuhaw.
Sha'arei Kedusha
Flattery and hypocrisy are just as bad as idolatry, forbidden relations, adultery and murder. From where do we learn that it is equal to idolatry? From the verse,623Isaiah 32:6 “For the vile person speaks villainy and his heart plans iniquity, to act with hypocrisy and to speak falsehood about HaShem-יהו״ה.” From where do we learn that it is equal to forbidden relations and adultery? From the verse,624Jeremiah 3:1 “If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and is with another man, can he return to her again? Would that not surely bring the profound guilt of hypocrisy upon the land?” From where do we know that it is equal to murder? From the verse,625Psalms 106:38 “They spilled innocent blood… and the land was polluted by the blood of hypocrisy.”