Quoting%20commentary 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'. ');">³</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. ');">⁴</span>

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