Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Berakhot 56:10

אמרו לו רבינו ברכנו אמר להם יהי רצון שתהא מורא שמים עליכם כמורא בשר ודם אמרו לו תלמידיו עד כאן אמר להם ולואי תדעו כשאדם עובר עבירה אומר שלא יראני אדם.

They said to him, "Our master, bless us !" He said to them, "May it be His will that the fear of Heaven be upon you [as great] as the fear of flesh and blood," His disciples exclaimed, "Only as great !" He replied, "Would that it be [as great] ; for know ye, when a man intends to commit a transgression, he says, 'I hope nobody will see me'."

Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot

If there is a witness, he desists. Remember, then, that God is always a witness ; so have the same fear of Him that you have of a human being.
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