הָרְשָׁעִים בִּרְשׁוּת לִבָּם-הַצַּדִּיקִים לִבָּם בִּרְשׁוּתָם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

The wicked are slaves to their desires, the righteous masters of them

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The wicked are ruled by their emotions, but the righteous have dominion over them. The impulses rule over the wicked, while the righteous prevail over them.

("And he said, They have done it in his heart - the wicked in the name of Laban (Tehillim 11) Nabal said in his heart, and he said, They have done it in his heart, (1 Kings 12) and Jeroboam said in his heart, (Esther 6) and Haman said in his heart, But the righteous in the name of Laban (1 Samuel 1) and Hannah spoke in her heart, and David said in his heart (Daniel 1) and put Daniel in his heart" - at the beginning of Rabbah (Vilna) Births (Parashah 67)