Originally Posted by
Ickisrulz
Biblically, the idea of actions and consequences is complex.
The final answer is that people will eventually answer for what they have done on earth when they die.
During a person's lifetime they generally experience consequences that are direct results of their actions. This is built into the system that God created; it's just they way it works. Two examples:
1. We get an education so we can get a good job. Then we work hard and have a financially successful life (see Proverbs).
2. A man is involved in violet crime and eventually killed during commission of a robbery (live by the sword, die by the sword).
There are other times when people have bad (or good) things happen to them that are beyond their control (e.g., Tower of Siloam accident).
Lastly, there are other times, albeit rare, where God steps in and takes action (Conversion of Saul or Ananias and Sapphira).