Biblical Parallels Index – Devarim 12/0

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19: <li>See <a href="Reward and Punishment" data-aht="page">Reward and Punishment</a> for analysis several different approaches to Divine retribution which take into account the plethora of verses and try to reconcile differences between them. Some commentators assume that individuals do not receive true retribution in this world, getting their just desserts only in the next world, while others maintain that there is both individual and collective recompense already in this world.&#160; A last approach suggests that Hashem's modes of providence have changed over time. Though immediate reward and punishment for both the collective and individual is manifest from the Biblical through First Temple periods, it diminished thereafter as Hashem's initial overt providence gradually became covert.</li><