What Does the Bible Say About God As Judge?

Ecclesiastes 3:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.

John 5:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

Psalm 94:2-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! O Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. They crush your people, O Lord, and afflict your heritage. They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; ...

Genesis 18:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

Romans 2:5-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, ...

Psalm 94:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Psalm 75:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

Psalm 58:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”

John 5:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Matthew 16:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

Hebrews 12:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

2 Thessalonians 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

Romans 2:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

On that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.

Romans 1:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Acts 10:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

John 9:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”

John 5:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, ...

Revelation 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

1 John 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.

Romans 1:18-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, ...

Acts 17:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ...

Luke 12:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Matthew 25:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Matthew 13:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,

Matthew 7:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Numbers 14:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’

35 Bible Verses about God As Judge

Ecclesiastes 3:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

John 5:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 94:2-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Genesis 18:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 2:5-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 94:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 75:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 58:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 5:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 16:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 2:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 10:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 9:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 5:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:18-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 13:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 14:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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35 Bible Verses about God As Judge

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Ecclesiastes 3:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

John 5:22 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Psalm 94:2-15 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Genesis 18:25 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 2:5-11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Psalm 94:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 75:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 58:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 5:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 16:27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 12:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 2:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Acts 10:42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 9:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 5:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31-46 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:18-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 13:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Numbers 14:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes