Wages of Sin(The). To earn the wages of sin. To be hanged, or condemned to death. “I believe some of you will be hanged unless you change a
good deal. It's cold blood and bad blood that runs in your veins, and
you'll come to earn the wages of sin.”
— “The wages of sin is death.”- Rom. vi. 23. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Wages of Sin from Fact Monster:
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