General Rules of Punishment

Causes for the Destruction of Jerusalem

Performing mitzvot for non-altruistic reasons

There is always hope for a wicked person to return: Eruvin 21a-b

A punishment will not be for more than the person's sin, unless the sin leads to other evil acts: Kiddushin 40a

Gd was exacting in punishing Moses because that is the way He deals with very righteous people: Sotah 13b

Gd is stringent with the righteous, and loose with the unlearned: Bava Metzia 33b

Suffering of a a righteous person for the Sake of the Community (Reish Lakish): Ketuvot 8b

Punishment for the deeds of others: Makkot 24a

When a person sins in private, Gd publicizes the sin: Sotah 3a, 9a

Gd's mercy on those who sin: Sotah 14a-b

Gd does not wish for people to be punished: Keritot 25a

Gd does not wish for sinners to be rewarded for their sins: Ketuvot 39b [For examples of how this principle informs rabbinic decrees, see here]

Whether Gd will punish a nation in stages, or only at once, when it is time to destroy the nation: Sotah 9a

Whether Gd will punish a king in stages, or only at once, when it is time to destroy the king: Sotah 9a

Whether Gd will punish a person before the person has consumed his fill: Sotah 9a

Punishment for a sin which is not committed willingly, but only out of desire to create an image: Megillah 12a

Punishment is exacted in areas in which a person can afford to suffer: Pesachim 118a

Whether Gd delays punishment of a wicked person: Eruvin 22a

Better to receive punishment in this world, rather than after death: Pesachim 57b

One who causes the punishment of another is not accepted in the "inner area" of Gd: Shabbat 149b

Inability of the righteous to remove their personal suffering: Berachot 5b

One person's removal of another's Suffering: Berachot 5b

Whether Gd punishes for plans to sin, where they are carried out or not: Kiddushin 39b, 40a

Weighing "Light" Violations equally with "Strict" Violations: Chagigah 5a

Weighing Accidental Sins equally with Intentional Sins: Chagigah 5a

Gd adds up sins, and combines them for one great punishment: Sotah 8b

Gd punishing a person for actions he performed in carrying out a Divine punishment: Gittin 56a

Sinning one day in a Year is equal to sinning daily for the whole year: Chagigah 5b

Inexplicable suffering of the Righteous: Tos. Berachot 5b #4

Hashem causing "Sufferings of Love [Yisurin Shel Ahavah]": Berachot 5a-b; Tos. Berachot 5b #2

Gd's "sorrow"/"joy" at causing the fall of the wicked: Megillah 10b

Unique nature of Gd's curses: Yoma 75a

Harshness and Shame of a person undergoing Hashem's judgment: Chagigah 4b, 5a

When one brother or member of a group dies, the rest should worry: Shabbat 105b-106a

Punishment for nochrim who sin: Megillah 12b

One who accepts his suffering with joy brings salvation to the world: Taanit 8a

Bringing a korban asham taluy to forestall punishment if one is uncertain whether he sinned; he will bring a korban chatat when he finds out that he definitely sinned: Keritot 25a-b, 26b