"To you, O Lord, belongs kindness, for you reward every person according to their deeds. 'Like his deeds' - Rabbi Judah says: Sinning does not yield fruit, as it is said: 'for you reward every person according to their deeds.' However, charity does bear fruit, as it is said: 'Say of the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds' (Isaiah 3:10).

There is a person who has ten commandments and ten transgressions, and he says that there is no reward for the commandments and no punishment for the transgressions, but they cancel each other out. But the Holy One, blessed be He, does not act in this way; rather, He first collects his transgressions and then gives him the reward for his commandments. Our sages said: The Lord pays a person according to his evil deeds and does not scrutinize him according to his sins, leaving him in debt to Him. As it is said: 'For you have hidden your face from us because of our sins' (Ezra 9:13).