The Story of the Monastery Owner

I am truly amazed by those who persist in wicked deeds: they take pains to hide their shameful acts from other people, yet they make no effort to conceal them from the very One who will administer their punishment. They show Him no reverence—though He alone rewards righteousness and requites wrongdoing. How can they feel safe that the same calamity which befell the monastery owner will not befall them?