LEV712 At times, one who speaks lashon hara also transgresses the prohibition of לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם וְלֹֽא־תִטֹּר֙, “Do not take revenge, and do not bear a grudge" (Vayikra 19:18). This could happen if the speaker once asked the person he is speaking about to lend him money as a favor and he refused. As a result, the speaker developed hatred toward this person, and when he subsequently noticed something negative about him, he publicized it before others. Initially, when he harbored those negative feelings in his heart, he violated the prohibition of “Do not bear a grudge.” Afterward, when he actively took revenge by telling others about the flaw that he noticed in the other person, he violated the prohibition of “Do not take revenge.” In such a situation, one is obliged to erase the ill feelings from his heart.