LEV979 This tells me only of the buyer's being wronged. Whence do I derive the same halachah for the seller's being wronged? From: "or acquire from the hand of your fellow, you shall not wrong" (Bava Metzia 51a)

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LEV1000 Whatever is relegated to the heart [i.e., what one knows to be wrong in his heart, though its wrongness does not appear on the surface] -- of such things it is written: "And you shall fear your God" [who probes the heart] (Kiddushin 32b)

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LEV1013 The Rabbis taught: The verse (14) "And if you sell a selling to your fellow…you shall not wrong" already speaks of wronging in money matters. How, then are we to understand [here]: "And you shall not wrong, one man his fellow"? As "wronging" with words (Bava Metzia 58b)

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LEV1026 It was taught: If he sold it to the first for one hundred, and the first sold it to the second for two hundred, he makes the reckoning only with the first, as it is written: "To the man to whom he sold it." If he sold it to the first for two hundred, and the first sold it to the second for one hundred, he makes the reckoning only with the second, as it is written: "and he shall return the balance to the man"--To the man that is in it [i.e., that possesses it]. And whence is it derived that we always give the seller the advantage? Perhaps we should give it to the buyer! Do not entertain this notion, for we derive "redemption" [here] - "redemption," in respect to a Hebrew man-servant. [Just as in his redemption, the advantage is always his, and not the buyer's, so, here] (Erchin 30b)

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LEV1027 It was taught: R. Dostai b. Yehudah says: Whence is it derived that if he sold it for one hundred and it rose in value to two hundred, it is assessed at only one hundred? From: "and he shall return the balance"--the balance that he already possesses [in terms of its original value]. If he sold it for two hundred and it depreciated to one hundred, when is it derived that it is assessed at only one hundred? From: "and he shall return the balance" -- the balance [of the value of] the land. And whence is it derived that we always give the seller the advantage? Perhaps we should give it to the buyer! Do not entertain this notion, for we derive "redemption" [here] - "redemption," in respect to a Hebrew man-servant. [Just as in his redemption, the advantage is always his, and not the buyer's, so, here] (Erchin 30b)

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LEV1030 Do not allow him to drop. To what may this be compared? To a [slipping] burden upon an ass. So long as it is still in its place, one can grab onto it and set it right. Once it has fallen to the ground, not even five can get it back again (Torath Cohanim)

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LEV1039 Rabbah b. Avahu found Elijah and asked him: Must one make an "arrangement" for a debtor? [i.e., When estimating the value of his property to pay off his creditors, must it be arranged that a certain amount of food and clothing be left for him?] He answered: It is written: "and if your brother grows poor," and, in respect to erchin ["valuations" of human beings for sacred purposes] (Leviticus 27:8): "And if he is too poor," just as in the case of valuations, "arrangements" are made, in the case of a debtor, too, "arrangements" are made (Bava Metzia 114a)

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LEV1048 It was taught: Whence is it derived that if one "upheld" him four or five times he must [if necessary] continue doing so? From: "then you shall uphold him" [connoting continuity in the Hebrew]. I might think that he must do so even if he thereby assists him in some evil end; it is, therefore, written: "with you" [i.e., only if he is "with you" in Torah observance] (Torath Cohanim)

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LEV1066 It was taught: If two men are walking along the road and one has a jug of water: if they both drink, they will both die [there not being enough to keep both alive]; if one drinks, he will reach the settlement. [What is the halachah?] R. Akiva expounded: "And your brother shall live with you"--your life comes before that of your neighbor (Bava Metzia 62a)

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LEV1080 This teaches us that the master cannot say to his Hebrew man-servant: "Work for me, but I will not feed you" (Kethuvoth 43a)

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