Musar for Taanit 14:12
אמר ר' אמי אין הגשמים נעצרין אלא בעון גזל שנאמר (איוב לו, לב) על כפים כסה אור בעון כפים כסה אור ואין כפים אלא חמס שנאמר (יונה ג, ח) ומן החמס אשר בכפיהם ואין אור אלא מטר שנאמר (איוב לז, יא) יפיץ ענן אורו
R'Nahman said: It is evident that he [actually] stumbled into sin for it is said 'Thou hadst' and not, 'thou wilt have'. Rabbah the son of R'Huna said: It is permissible to call 'wicked' any one who is insolent, as it is said, A wicked man hardeneth his face.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXI, 29.');"><sup>15</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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