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wages of sin, the
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The results or consequences of evildoing, as in She ate all of the strawberries and ended up with a terrible stomachache—the wages of sin, no doubt . This expression comes from the New Testament, where Paul writes to the Romans (6:23): “The wages of sin is death.†Today it is often used more lightly, as in the example.Example Sentences
Ramsey, a Methodist, cites St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans in supporting the traditional Christian view that death entered the world as "the wages of sin" �the punishment for Adam's fall.*
Thus, some 18 years ago, while some of the press gave restrained and sober accounts of the Thaw case, the gum-chewers' sheets ranted ad nauseum about the pitfalls on the Great White Way; the "wages of sin"; the wily, wicked life of White; the uselessness of Thaw; the warning to young girls; the eternal law of Justice which prompted Thaw to avenge his wife's honor; the pathetic face of Mrs. Evelyn, etc., etc.
Aunt Victoria discoursed earnestly on the wages of sin, the sufferings of sinners, the glories of salvation, the peace on earth from knowing you are saved, and the pleasures of the world to come; but the more Beth heard of the joys of heaven, the more she dreaded the horrors of hell.
Death is the wages of sin: the consecrated one was alike to keep aloof from sin and from its consequences.
She has saved, from the wages of sin, the convenient sum of 2,056l. a year, secured upon excellent mortgages.
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