Punishment עֹנֶשׁ Source: https://ajew.org/reader/sefer-hamidos/1/79 Segment 1 HE: לִפְעָמִים כְּשֶׁאָדָם עוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מַעֲנִישׁ אוֹתוֹ, זֶה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה מִצְוָה כָּזֶה, כְּשֶׁבָּאָה לְיָדוֹ. EN: 1. Sometimes, when a person performs a Mitzvah (Divine commandment/good deed) and the Holy One, Blessed be He, punishes him, this is because he did not perform a similar Divine commandment when he had the opportunity to do so. Segment 2 HE: לִפְעָמִים דָּנִין אֶת הָאָדָם עַל פִּיו. EN: 2. Sometimes a person is judged according to his own words. (t.n see Likutay Moharan 113) Segment 3 HE: לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶהֱרָג, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה יָכוֹל לְהַמְלִיץ בְּעַד אֶחָד, שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִין אוֹתוֹ בְּחִנָּם. EN: 3. Sometimes a man is murdered because he had the ability to advocate on behalf of someone who was being hated for no reason. Segment 4 HE: לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶעֱנָשׁ, עַל שֶׁפָּשַׁע בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁנִּגְזַר גְּזֵרָה עַל אַנְשֵׁי מְקוֹמוֹ אוֹ עַל עַמּוֹ. EN: 4. Sometimes a man is punished because of negligence in his work, or because a decree had been passed upon the people of his community or upon his nation. Segment 5 HE: הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מְמַהֵר לְהִפָּרַע מִכְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה עַל־יְדֵי כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה. EN: 5. The Holy One, Blessed be He, is swift to punish those who are ungrateful, through the agency of those who are ungrateful. Segment 6 HE: מִי שֶׁכֶּלֶב נָשַׁךְ אוֹתוֹ, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁקִּבֵּל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, אוֹ שֶׁסִּפֵּר לָשׁוֹן הָרָע. EN: 6. Someone who was bit by a dog, it is certain that he accepted slander (lushon hura) or spoke slander.