Reference for Sanhedrin 204:16
מאי צא אמר רבינא צא ממחיצתי שכן כתיב (תהלים קא, ז) דובר שקרים לא יכון לנגד עיני אמר רב פפא היינו דאמרי אינשי דפרע קיניה מחריב ביתיה
R. Papa observed, Thus men say, 'He who takes his vengeance destroys his own house.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Some MSS. read 'nest', a play on [H] (his vengeance) and [H] (his nest).] Naboth, through avenging himself on Ahab, was expelled from God's presence. ');"><sup>26</sup></span> And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings XVI, 33. ');"><sup>27</sup></span>
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