Thematic Bible: Penalty
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Sins » Penalty » Abandonment by God
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.
Don't be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see.
Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
She said, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" He woke up and thought, "I will do as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.
So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him -- not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets.
Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.
But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel?
Sins » Penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit."
For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.
after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.
"Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son."
However, for your father David's sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son's hand instead.
But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day.
When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.
So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?' But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it.
Sins » Penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned --
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By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die."
for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the desert of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites.
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord's instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.
True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
Indeed! All lives are mine -- the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
Sins » Penalty » Shame
Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.
I prayed, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.
Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake -- some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
The man replied, "I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!'"
"All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.
Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."
Sins » Penalty » Separation from God
But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way."
Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.
If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.
Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him -- he has withdrawn himself from them!
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