Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne; and books were opened. Then another book was opened, the book of life; and the dead were judged, according to their actions, by what was written in the books.

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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

11Then I saw a great white throne, and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence; no place was left for them.

13The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead; and they were judged, one by one, each according to his actions.

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Cross References

Psalms 28:4Give them as they have done, as their wicked deeds deserve. As their hands have wrought, so give to them: requite to them their deserts.

Psalms 69:28From the book of life be they blotted, may their names not be written with the righteous.

Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man is to come in his Father’s glory, with his angels, and then he will give to everyone what his actions deserve.

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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