Midrash for Ketubot 135:14
והאי דקתני השיאה להודיעך כחן דרבנן דאע"ג דהשיאה וגלי דעתיה לא אזלינן בתר אומדנא
the reason the mishnah mentioned [the case where a father] gave her in marriage was to let you know the extent of the ruling of the sages [who hold] that although he had already given her in marriage and had thereby revealed the amount he wished to give, we do not follow such estimates.
Sifrei Devarim
"lest there be in your heart a thing belial": From here R. Yehoshua b. Karchah was wont to say: Averting one's eyes from charity is tantamount to serving idols, it being written here "belial," and elsewhere (re idolatry) "belial." Just as there, idolatry is meant, here, too, idolatry.
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