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| Who | Sin | Consequence |
| Cain | Killing his brother | Exile and ultra-permanent tattoo (the "mark of Cain") |
| Lot's Wife | Disobedience; rubbernecking at a tragedy | Turned into pillar of salt |
| Pharaoh | Enslaving the Israelites | Plagues; lost firstborn; minions drowned in sea |
| Korah, Dathan, Abiram | Resisting hierarchy (questioned Moses' authority) | Swallowed by the earth when ground cleaved asunder |
| Philistines | Desecrating the sacred; military conquest | Plague of mice; killer hemorrhoids |
| Israel | Idolatry and general abominations | Conquest by enemies; promise that Jerusalem would be "wiped out as one wipes a dish" |
| Job | None, and there's the rub | Tested by Satan with illness, death of family |
| Zimri, son of Salu |
Worshipping Baal |
Along with consort, was skewered with lance marshmallow-style (two victims, one lance) |
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