Every painful consequence of sin is a part of the punishment meted out for sin.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Remorse is the pain of sin.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
No sin, especially no great sin, is just a harm done to the individual who commits it. I believe myself that the future of the human race is bound up with that idea. The soul that is conscious of a grievous sin is conscious of a great harm done to the community - to someone else. That common hurt should now be forgiven.
For any sin, we all suffer. That is why our suffering is endless.
Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
To us sin has not become any less of a mystery or a pain.
Sin carries in it its own misery.
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.