Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.
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Psalms 28:4Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
Psalms 69:28\69:27\Let their punishment be increased; let them not come into your righteousness.
Proverbs 24:29Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.
Jeremiah 17:10I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
Daniel 7:10A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
Matthew 16:27For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 20:12-15
The Universal Judgment. ( a. d. 95.) 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 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 written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the… Read the whole commentary →