וְאָבַד הָעשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע, רַבִּי חַגַּי בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יִצְחָק אָמַר, בְּעִנְיַן רָע, שֶׁחָשַׁב עַל אוֹתוֹ עָנִי, אָמַר לוֹ לֹא טוֹב לָךְ לָעֵי וְנָגֵיס, חֲמֵי שָׁקַיִן, חֲמֵי כַּרְעִין, חֲמֵי קוֹפְדִין, לָא טַב לָךְ לָעֵי וְאָכֵיל, אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לֹא דַּי לְךָ דְּמִשֶּׁלְךָ לֹא נָתַתָּ לוֹ כְּלוּם, וּבַמֶּה שֶׁנָּתַתִּי לוֹ אֲנִי, אַתָּה מַכְנִיס בּוֹ עַיִן רָעָה, לְפִיכָךְ: וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ מְאוּמָה, מִן מָמוֹנָא דִּידֵיהּ דַּהֲוָה בִּידֵיהּ לָא יִשְׁבּוֹק לִבְרֵיהּ.
“That wealth is lost in a grievous manner; he begets a son, and he has nothing in his hand” (Ecclesiastes 5:13). “That wealth is lost in a grievous manner” – Rabbi Ḥaggai said in the name of Rabbi Yitzḥak: [His wealth is lost] due to the grievous manner in which he thought about a certain pauper. He said to him: ‘Would it not be better for you to toil and eat? Look at your thighs, look at your feet, look at your girth; would it not be better for you to toil and eat?’ The Holy One blessed be He said: Is it not enough that you did not give him anything of what is yours, that you cast an evil eye on what I gave him? Therefore, “he begets a son, and he has nothing in his hand” – he will not leave, from the money in his possession, for his son.