Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in view of the throne. And books were opened. And another Book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged by those things that had been written in the books, according to their works.
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Psalms 28:4The voice of the Lord is in virtue. The voice of the Lord is in magnificence.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me.” I will repay each one according to his work.
Jeremiah 17:10I am the Lord, who examines the heart and tests the temperament, who gives to each one according to his way and according to the fruit of his own decisions.
Daniel 7:10A river of fire rushed forth from his presence. Thousands upon thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times hundreds of thousands attended before him. The trial began, and the books were opened.
Matthew 16:27For the Son of man will arrive in the glory of his Father, with his Angels. And then he will repay each one according to 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 →