AC 8214 - Actions and Reactions

AC 8214

. . . the evil who by means of
injections of falsity and evil desire
to inflict violence on the good,
cast themselves into the penalty of retaliation,
which is, that the falsities and evils
which they endeavor to inflict,
fall back on themselves.
This punishment, which is called the punishment of retaliation,
comes from the following law of order in heaven:
"All things whatsoever you would
that men should do to you,
do you even so to them:
this is the law and the prophets" (Matthew 7:12);
and therefore those who do what is good from good,
or from the heart,
receive what is good from others;
and also on the other hand,
those who do what is evil from evil, or from the heart,
receive what is evil from others.
So it is that every good has its reward attached to it,
and every evil its punishment.