א. לִפְעָמִים כְּשֶׁאָדָם עוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַעֲנִישׁ אוֹתוֹ, זֶה מֵחֲמַת שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂה מִצְוָה כָּזֶה, כְּשֶׁבָּאָה לְיָדוֹ. A person is sometimes punished even in the performance of a mitzvah. This is because, previously, he passed up an opportunity to fulfill just such a mitzvah.
ב. לִפְעָמִים דָּנִין אֶת הָאָדָם עַל פִּיו. A person sometimes unknowingly passes judgment on himself [by being asked to select a fitting punishment for someone else].
ג. לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם. נֶהֱרָג, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁהָיָה יָכוֹל לְהַמְלִיץ בְּעַד אֶחָד, שֶׁשּׂוֹנְאִין אוֹתוֹ בְּחִנָּם. There are times when a person is killed because he failed to speak out on behalf of someone who is unjustly despised.
ד. לִפְעָמִים הָאָדָם נֶעֱנָשׁ, עַל שֶׁפָּשַׁע בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ, אוֹ שֶׁנִּגְזַר גְּזֵרָה עַל אַנְשֵׁי מְקוֹמוֹ אוֹ עַל עַמּוֹ. A person will sometimes be punished for having engaged in some illegal business practice, or because [he has been included in] a harsh decree passed against his neighbors or nation.
ה. הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְמַהֵר לְהִפָּרַע מִכְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה עַל יְדֵי כְּפוּיֵי טוֹבָה. The Holy One hastens to exact punishment from an ungrateful person, punishing him at the hands of another ingrate.
ו. מִי שֶׁכֶּלֶב נָשַׁךְ אוֹתוֹ, בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁקִּבֵּל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, אוֹ שֶׁסִּפֵּר לָשׁוֹן הָרָע. Aperson bitten by a dog clearly has either accepted malicious gossip or spoken it.