Is it just a coincidence that a person who continues in a certain sin succumbs to physical problems directly linked to that sin?

Tuesday Evening Scripture Study on Skype ... Topic Question:
Is it just a coincidence that a person who continues in a certain sin succumbs to physical problems directly linked to that sin? Or people that make fun/get angry/get upset of others that have a certain aliment or affection/disability end up with a similar problem? Likewise, people who we are determine to avoid because of disagreements, we end up needing their help or somehow they are put in our path again? Could this be divine intervention? (Paraphrased discussion)
Galatians 6 : 7; II Corinthians 9 : 6-7; Malachi 3 : 10 ... the principle of sowing and reaping. How many of us have heard the old expression "what goes around comes around"? The concept is also discussed in the Book of Mormon in Mosiah 5:49-50, Alma 7:42-44, and other passages.
The attitude of one's heart is important ... notice the term "cheerful" in 2 Corinthians 9:7
Psalms 119 : 67, 71; II Chronicles 7 : 13-15; Revelation 2 : 20-23 ... the purpose of affliction in our lives. God allows us to be afflicted so that we will turn back and draw near to Him. If we drift away in the good times, what is He to do to keep us close? He does not afflict us to be mean, but He allows affliction in our lives to bring us to repentance and restoration. In Psalm 119:67, 71 the writer says "67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 71 It is GOOD for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. And in the BoM, in Helaman 4, Nephi was so discouraged by the wickedness of the people that he asked the Lord to afflict them with a drought, to bring them to repentance, which worked....for a while.
Proverbs 16 : 18; Ezekiel 30 : 6; Hosea 5 : 5; I Timothy 3 : 6; Daniel 4 : 30-320 ... the sin of pride. Pride in our hearts separates us from God and brings our destruction. 2 Nephi 12:14-18 is another illustration.
II Samuel 12 : 9-14; the sin of David with Bathsheba ... God, thru the prophet Nathan, told David that his punishment would be harsh and specific to the offense. The sin of adultery was punished by David's son Absalom openly committing adultery with David's concubines. David caused Bathsheba's husband to be killed at the battlefront, and God told him that the sword would never depart from his house; the deaths of his sons Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah were a result of the conflict.
Nathan's statement to David in verse 14 ... "You have given the enemies of the Lord occasion to BLASPHEME" is particularly telling ... and parallels Alma 19:17. The world is watching for the tiniest slip-up on the saints' part. They will reap the consequences of their blasphemy, but we will also reap for our part in it.
Matthew 26 : 52 ... the arrest of Jesus. Peter took his sword and swung it, cutting off the ear of the High Priest's servant. Jesus told him to put up his sword, and uttered those well-known words "for all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword".
Mosiah 9 : 20-25 ... The execution by fire of the prophet Abinadi, and his prophecy of the judgements that would result on the perpetrators ... "ye shall suffer, as i suffer, the pains of death by fire."
I Nephi 5 : 187-209 ... The pride, anger, and rebellion of Nephi's brothers Laman and Lemuel during their voyage ... they were so wrapped up in that pride that it took them four days to realize that "the judgments of God were upon them, and that they must perish, save that they should repent of their iniquities;…" and so set in their determination that "....there was nothing, save it were the power of God, which threatened them with destruction, could soften their hearts"
Acts 9 : 8 ... Saul of Tarsus knocked down on the road to Damascus and reproved by Jesus ... since he had been spiritually blind to the Messiah, he experienced physical blindness for 3 days Alma Jr. (Mosiah 11:163ff.) had a similar experience, rendering him helpless and speechless for two days and two nights ... he had walked about speaking many words to harm the church.
Isaiah 33 : 1; Revelation 13 : 10 ... the sin of deceitful conquering nations
Helaman 5 : 25-29, 41, 48 ... the sin of lusting after material possessions/wealth ... God put a specific curse on this land, for when the Gentiles forsake Him and seek after wealth for wealth's sake, their riches would be cursed so that NO MAN would EVER redeem them, and they would be left to mourn. Then, it was the idea of burying a cache of coins to protect them from enemies until the owner could get back to them. Now we have the stock market, and a great deal of our wealth is virtual (cyber) rather than real. How secure is that? One click of a mouse by a hacker ... and *poof*. One nuclear device, detonated 180 miles over our heads, will produce an electromagnetic pulse that will render every electric/electronic device nonfunctional ... at which point we will find ourselves living in the 7th century ... or worse.
I Corinthians 11 : 28-34 ... the consequences of taking the Sacrament unworthily
Hebrews 12 : 5- 8 ... we have seen that the Lord punishes the guilty. This passage explores the concept of a loving Father God, who chastens His beloved children to keep them in the right way. If a person is not being chastened by Him, that person is NOT His child.
Deuteronomy 28 : 58-61 ... the consequences to Israel of not keeping the covenant they had made with God
Revelation 3 : 16-19 ... the consequences of being lukewarm in the faith.
How could we recognize we were being chastened if the punishment or affliction is not related to that sin?
Helaman 5 : 83-84, 89-90 ... a righteous condemnation comes on the wicked, and as we have seen God has a way of making the consequences sharply illustrate the sin for both unbelievers and saints.
Psalms 103 : 10 ... the repentant sinner is forgiven, and not punished according to his/her deeds because of MERCY.
Moroni 7 : 11, 14 ... everything that inviteth and enticeth to do good is of God ...
And to muddy the water a bit--
John 9:1-3 ... the man blind from birth ... the Jews had a hard-and-fast doctrine that whatever bad happened to you, you had it coming to you, which fed into that Pharisaical self-righteousness. Even the disciples assumed that either the parents or the man HIMSELF had sinned (but he was BORN blind!) ... Jesus countered that in this case, the whole purpose was to show the glory of God by his miraculous healing.
If you are having trouble and affliction in your life, you may not know why and God may not tell you specifically why ... but just draw near to your Father no matter what.
Hope this brings encouragement to you all as it has to me. Have a blessed week!