Theme · theological

Judgment

Judgment begins immediately after the fall — exile from Eden sets the pattern. The flood, Babel, Sodom, and the plagues of Egypt all demonstrate that God is not indifferent to evil. Within Israel's own story, the exile to Babylon stands as the climactic act of covenant judgment: the land vomits out its inhabitants for unfaithfulness. The prophets insist that judgment falls on all nations, not Israel alone. Jesus speaks frequently of a final judgment separating sheep from goats, and Revelation's visions depict the last assize where all stand before the great white throne.

Passages expressing this theme

1Sam 2:10 — The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the hor
2Cor 5:10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
2Pet 3:7 — But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Acts 17:31 — Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from
Amos 5:24 — But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Dan 7:10 — A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Eccl 12:14 — For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Gen 18:25 — That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do rig
Heb 9:27 — And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Isa 2:4 — And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Isa 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Matt 7:2 — For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matt 12:36 — But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matt 25:31 — When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Matt 25:46 — And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Ps 7:11 — God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Ps 9:8 — And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Ps 50:6 — And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Ps 75:7 — But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Ps 96:13 — Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Rev 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were writte
Rev 20:13 — And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Rom 2:6 — Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Rom 14:10 — But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.