Quid Pro Quo

"Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only truth."
- Alphonse Elric

“It occurs to me you know that any one of these tools could have been the end of me last night, but you attacked me with fists and booted feet. So you didn’t want to kill me, you just wanted to hurt me. You want to do it again? ... I’m talking about reciprocity; I’m talking about quid pro quo. If you submit to my questions, I submit to a blow from this wrench. You are not certain that I hurt Maria, are you? But if you are open to suggestions I offer my hand. Come on, you are going to break any number of bones. The pain’s going to be excruciating.” 

“It’s interesting, Watson, spending the night in a cell. I’m reminded that they are good places for bad people.” 

- Sherlock Holmes (Elementary)

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
- 1 Peter 5:8

When something bad happens to us, is it a result of our actions? Do we truly reap what we sow? What if something bad happens as an indirect result of our actions? Will that change the way we think?