בְּאָמְרִ֣י לָרָשָׁ֗ע רָשָׁע֙ מ֣וֹת תָּמ֔וּת וְלֹ֣א דִבַּ֔רְתָּ לְהַזְהִ֥יר רָשָׁ֖ע מִדַּרְכּ֑וֹ ה֤וּא רָשָׁע֙ בַּעֲוֺנ֣וֹ יָמ֔וּת וְדָמ֖וֹ מִיָּדְךָ֥ אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃
我對惡人說：«惡人哪，你必定要死！»你若不開口警告惡人離開他的惡道，那惡人必因自己的罪孽而死，我卻要從你手中追討他的血。
Duties of the Heart
Included in this last category is one who is capable of bringing others to the good and steer the erring away from evil, but refrains from doing so due to hoping to receive money from them or due to being afraid of them, or being ashamed to rebuke them, and they went off, and he did not teach them the right way, as written: "if you do not speak to warn the wicked, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; and I will hold you accountable for their blood" (Yechezkel 33:8).