Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away, and there was no place found for them.

13And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and hell gave up their dead that were in them; and they were judged every one according to their works.

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Cross References

Psalms 28:4Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.

Psalms 69:28Add thou iniquity upon their iniquity: and let them not come into thy justice.

Proverbs 24:29Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

Jeremiah 17:10I am the Lord who search the heart and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.

Daniel 7:10A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.

Matthew 16:27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man 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 →

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