LEV637 Some refrain from lending their possessions because of some slight antipathy they harbor against the borrower. This is the worst of all the vices mentioned above. Here, one transgresses the prohibition [this verse]: "You shall not take vengeance or bear any grudge against the children of your people." We have already previously dealt at length with this topic (Part One, Chap. 4, q.v.). One should rather pay regard to himself, recalling how many times he provoked the Holy One, blessed be He, both in word and by deed. Nevertheless the Holy One, blessed be He, does not take revenge or bear any grudge against him in any of his dealings. One should, therefore, act in the same way towards his neighbor. We may assert that this is the intent of [this] verse: "You shall not take vengeance… but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am God." You shall extend towards your neighbor the virtues I extend towards you and towards the world as a whole, since I do not bear any hatred, as stated (Jeremiah 3:12): "For I am merciful, says God, I will not bear a grudge forever."