Kabbalah for Sanhedrin 206:2
אמר ר"ש בן לקיש מאי דכתיב (איוב לח, טו) וימנע מרשעים אורם וזרוע רמה תשבר מפני מה עי"ן של רשעים תלויה כיון שנעשה אדם רש מלמטה נעשה רש מלמעלה
now why is the <i>'ayin of resha'im</i> [wicked] suspended?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the text it is written [H], the [H] being written above the level of the line, making it read [H] plur. of [H] 'poor'. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> Once a man becomes poor [in friends] below [on earth], he becomes poor above [in heaven]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., where one earns the disapproval of man, it is proof that he has earned the disapproval of God too. Cf. Aboth. III 13. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Da'at Tevunoth
44 The fifth belief, is a belief of sinners of Israel, those who recognized their master and intend to rebel against him, like Amon who said (Sanhedrin 103b) "I only act to anger [my creator]", and anything like this. And the text says (Isaiah 3:8), "to provoke the eyes of His glory", that they think they can act agains his will G-d forbid, and that they will anger him with their evil deeds, like one who angers their fellow against their will. And other thought to strengthen themselves with witchcraft and sorcery, and others through knowledge of the angels and their guardians, and as it says in the Midrash (Eichah Rabbah 2:5) that they said to Jeremiah, "I will surround it with water, I will surround it with fire...":
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