Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Sanhedrin 215:14

(ואף על נח נחתם גזר דין שנא' ולא נח בהם) תנא דבי ר' ישמעאל אף על נח נחתך גזר דין אלא שמצא חן בעיני ה' שנאמר (בראשית ו, ז) נחמתי כי עשיתם ונח מצא חן בעיני ה'

R. Johanan said: The corruption of the generation of the Flood is characterised as great, and their punishment is characterised as <i>great</i>. Their corruption is characterised as great, as it is written, <i>And God saw that the wickedness of man, was</i> great<i> in the earth;</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. VI, 5. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> and their punishment is characterised as great, as it is written, <i>All the fountains of the great deep.</i> R. Johanan said: Three of those [hot fountains] were left,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is stated further on that hot water gushed forth from these fountains. Only three such fountains remained after the flood. ');"><sup>28</sup></span>

Mesilat Yesharim

The Sages also stated: "if one steals from his fellow even the worth of a peruta (small coin), it is as if he takes his life from him" (Bava Kama 119a). This teaching reveals to us, the graveness of this sin even for a small amount. They further said: "the rains are withheld only because of the sin of theft" (Taanit 7b). And "for a basketful of sins, which sin prosecutes at the head of all of them? - theft" (Vayikra Raba 33:3). And "the generation of the flood had their fate sealed only because of the sin of theft" (Sanhedrin 108a).
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