The Prohibition against Bearing a Grudge

Hello, Rabbi, A person to whom something happened that causes him distress—someone did something to him that caused him harm, or said something to him that insulted him, etc.— and now the injured person is angry, bears a grudge, and does not fulfill the mitzvot with joy or intention. Which negative commandments is this person violating?

 Hello, 

 A person who is angry because someone angered him is not transgressing a prohibition. If he keeps the matter in his heart, he may be transgressing the prohibition of “bearing a grudge.” 

A person whom someone angered or hurt, and therefore he is not joyful—it does not seem that he would be punished for fulfilling mitzvot without joy, because the reason he is currently sad is due to something else, and not because he lacks desire for the mitzvah. 

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