Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is [that] of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them.

13And the sea gave up the dead which [were] in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which [were] in them; and they were judged each according to their works:

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Cross References

Psalms 28:4Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.

Psalms 69:28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

Proverbs 24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

Jeremiah 17:10I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Daniel 7:10A stream of fire 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.

Matthew 16:27For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings.

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 →

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