Ezekiel 14:23

And they shall comfort you, by offering proof for the righteousness of God's acts, when ye see their ways and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause, in arbitrary cruelty, all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God. This will eventually be true in the case of all those who feel the heavy hand of God upon them for their transgressions; they and others with them will he obliged to acknowledge the justice of God's punishment, as Abraham also reminded the rich man. Cf Luke 16:25.