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JUDGMENT

(See JUDGE; PUNISHMENT)

God's judgment:

objects of God's judgment

♦ the serpent and Satan

• Genesis 3:14-15

♦ Eve and Adam

• Genesis 3:16-19

♦ Cain

• Genesis 4:9-15

♦ the people during Noah's time

• Genesis 6:13; 7:17-23; Luke 17:26-27; 1 Peter 3:18-20

♦ the people at the tower of Babel

• Genesis 11:1-9

♦ Egypt

• Genesis 15:14; Exodus 7:14-15:21

♦ the Amorites

• Genesis 15:16

♦ Sodom and Gomorrah

• Genesis 19:24-26; Luke 17:28-29, 32

♦ false gods

• Exodus 12:12; Numbers 33:4

♦ the first born of Egypt

• Exodus 12:29-30

♦ Pharaoh and his army

• Exodus 14:23-28

♦ Aaron and Mariam

• Numbers 12:1-15

♦ rebellious Israelites in the wilderness

• Numbers 14:26-35

♦ Korah, Dathan and Abiram and their families

• Numbers 16:25-35

♦ Achan and his family

• Joshua 7:16-26

♦ Israel during the Judges

• Judges 2:11-23

♦ all the earth

• 1 Samuel 2:10; 1 Chronicles 16:33; Psalms 96:13; Hebrews 12:23

♦ Eli and his descendants

• 1 Samuel 3:12-13

♦ Saul for his disobedience

• 1 Samuel 15:22-23; 28:15-19

♦ David for his sin with Bathsheba

• 2 Samuel 11:1-12:23

♦ the united Kingdom of Israel

• 2 Samuel 24:15-16

♦ the family of Ahab

• 2 Kings 9:6-10

♦ the Northern Kingdom of Israel

• 2 Kings 17:1-23

♦ the Assyrian army

• 2 Kings 19:35

♦ the Southern Kingdom of Judah

• 2 Kings 24:1-4

♦ Jerusalem

• 2 Kings 24:10-25:21

♦ the wicked

• Psalms 1:4-6; Matthew 7:23; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Jude 15; Revelation 21:8

♦ God's people

• Psalms 135:14; Ezekiel 20:35-36; Hebrews 10:30; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 1 Peter 4:17

♦ Israel's national enemies

• Ezekiel 38:18-22; Joel 3:2; Zechariah 2:8; 12:1-9 (cf. Genesis 12:3)

♦ Nebuchadnezzar

• Daniel 4:29-33

♦ Belshazzar

• Daniel 5:24-30

♦ the nations

• Matthew 25:31-46

♦ Satan (see also SATAN)

• Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10

♦ evil angels (see also ANGEL)

• Matthew 25:41; 2 Peter 2:4

♦ Jerusalem

• Luke 19:41-44

♦ Ananias and Sapphira

• Acts 5:1-11

♦ King Herod Agrippa I

• Acts 12:23

♦ Elymas the magician

• Acts 13:9-11

♦ all mankind because of Adam's sin (see also SIN)

• Romans 5:16

♦ adulterers

• Hebrews 13:4

♦ swearers

• James 5:12

♦ the great harlot

• Revelation 19:2

♦ murderers, immoral persons, sorcerers, idolaters and liars

• Revelation 21:8

♦ general references

• 1 Kings 8:32; Job 21:22; Psalms 51:4; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Malachi 3:5; Romans 2:16; 14:10; Revelation 16:5

forms and instruments of God's judgment

(See also DISCIPLINE, instruments of; INTERMEDIATE STATE; JUDGMENT, final judgment)

♦ personal penalties

• Genesis 3:14-19

♦ flood of water

• Genesis 7:17-23; Luke 17:26-27; 2 Peter 3:5-6

♦ scattering of people through confusion of language

• Genesis 11:1-9

♦ brimstone and fire

• Genesis 19:24; Ezekiel 38:22; Luke 17:29; Revelation 14:10

♦ severe plagues

• Genesis 12:17; Exodus 7:17-12:30; Leviticus 26:21; Numbers 11:33; 16:46-50; Deuteronomy 28:59-61; 1 Samuel 6:4; 2 Samuel 24:25; Psalms 91:10; Ezekiel 6:11; Zechariah 14:12-18; Luke 21:11; Revelation 9:18-20; 21:9; 22:18

♦ death

• Exodus 12:29-30; 14:23-28; Numbers 14:26-35; 16:25-35; 2 Samuel 12:14; 2 Kings 9:6-10, 30-33; 19:35; Daniel 5:24-30; Acts 5:1-11; 12:23; Romans 6:23; 1 John 5:16

♦ hailstones

• Joshua 10:10-11

♦ oppression of Israel by her enemies

• Judges 2:11-23

♦ pestilence

• Exodus 9:3, 15; Leviticus 26:25; 2 Samuel 24:15-16; Jeremiah 14:12; Ezekiel 38:22; Revelation 6:8

♦ drought

• 1 Kings 17:1

♦ fire from heaven

• 2 Kings 1:9-14

♦ exile and punishment by foreign nations

• 2 Kings 17:1-23; 24:3, 10-16; 25:7; 2 Chronicles 36:20; Ezra 7:26; Habakkuk 1:12

♦ an angel of God

• 2 Kings 19:35

♦ certain human agents

• 2 Chronicles 22:8; Romans 13:1-4; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Timothy 1:20

♦ confinement in Sheol or Hades (see also HADES; HELL; SHEOL)

• Psalms 9:17; 31:17; Luke 16:23; Revelation 20:13-14

♦ an earthquake

• Isaiah 24:18-20

♦ famine

• Lamentations 2:11-12

♦ God's word

• Isaiah 55:11; Jeremiah 23:29; Hebrews 4:12

♦ fire and sword

• Isaiah 66:16

♦ desolation of the land

• Ezekiel 33:23-29

♦ severe humiliation

• Daniel 4:29-33, 37

♦ locust plagues

• Joel 1:1-20

♦ crop destruction

• Amos 4:9

♦ separation from the Lord

• Matthew 7:23

♦ siege, starvation and destruction of a city

• Luke 19:41-44

♦ discipline by the local church

• Matthew 18:15-17; 1 Corinthians 5:1-5, 12-13; Titus 3:10-11 (cf. 1 Timothy 5:20)

♦ temporary blindness

• Acts 13:11

♦ spiritual imprisonment

• 1 Peter 3:18-22

♦ catastrophic and devastating events upon earth just before Christ's second coming

• Revelation 6:4-19:2 (cf. Matthew 24:6-30)

♦ the lake of fire

• Revelation 20:15

purpose of God's judgment

♦ to punish sin

• Genesis 3:1-19; 6:5-7,11-13; Proverbs 29:1; Ezekiel 18:4; Hosea 5:11; Romans 1:18-32; 3:9-23; 6:23

♦ to reveal His divine character and power

• Exodus 9:14-16; Ezekiel 5:13; Psalms 9:16

♦ to purify Israel

• Malachi 3:2-4

♦ to lead to repentance

• Luke 13:2-5

♦ to repay in righteous vengeance

• Romans 12:19

♦ to bring worship and glory to God

• Revelation 19:1-6

beneficiaries of God's judgment

♦ for His people

• Deuteronomy 32:36; Daniel 7:22; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10; Revelation 18:20; 19:2; 20:4

♦ for widows

• Psalms 68:5

♦ for the humble

• Psalms 76:9

♦ certainty of God's judgment

• Psalms 96:13; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Romans 2:3; Hebrews 9:27; 10:30; 2 Peter 2:3

standards of God's judgment

♦ according to inward attitude toward Christ and His revelation

• John 3:16-19; 5:24; 12:48; Romans 1:16-17; 2:16; I Thessalonians 2:12 (cf. Genesis 15:6)

according to outward action

♦ one's works whether good or evil

• Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 Peter 1:17; Revelation 20:12-13

♦ one's ways (i.e., conduct)

• Ezekiel 7:3; 24:14

♦ one's words

• Matthew 12:36-37; James 3:1-2

♦ according to one's own standards of judgment

• Ezekiel 7:27; Matthew 7:2; Romans 2:1

♦ according to one's knowledge and stewardship responsibility

• Luke 12:46-48; James 3:1

♦ according to one's relation to law

• Romans 2:12; James 2:12

Christ's execution of judgment:

(See CHRIST, authority and works of, to judge all men)

♦ His judgment between the nations:

• Isaiah 2:4; Micah 4:3

♦ His judgment in righteousness:

• Isaiah 11:3-5; John 5:30; 2 Timothy 4:8; Revelation 19:11

♦ His authority for judgment:

• John 5:22, 27

♦ His judgment of the world:

(See also WORLD)

• John 12:31; Acts 17:31 (cf. Romans 2:16)

♦ His judgment of Satan:

(See also SATAN)

• John 12:31; 16:11

♦ His judgment of all people:

• Acts 10:42; 2 Timothy 4:1 (cf. Revelation 11:18; 20:12)

♦ His judgment at His appearing:

• Matthew 25:31-46; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10; 2:8; 2 Timothy 4:8; James 4:8-9; Revelation 19:11-21; 22:12

♦ His judgment of believers' works:

• 1 Corinthians 3:11-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10 (cf. vv. 1-9)

♦ His wrath expressed in judgment:

• Revelation 6:16-17

Christ's experience of judgment:

(See CHRIST, sufferings and substitutionary death of)

♦ His subjection to faulty human judgment in His life and death:

• Isaiah 53:8; Matthew 12:24; John 8:48

♦ His suffering of divine judgment for sin:

• Isaiah 53:6, 10; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Peter 3:18

man's judgment:

requirements for proper judgment

♦ reverence for God

• Exodus 18:21

♦ hatred of dishonest gain

• Exodus 18:21

♦ truthfulness

• Exodus 18:21; Proverbs 29:14; Zechariah 8:16 (cf. Exodus 22:10-11)

♦ fairness

• Leviticus 19:15

♦ righteousness

• Deuteronomy 1:16; Luke 12:57; John 7:24

♦ impartiality

• Deuteronomy 1:17; Proverbs 24:23

♦ evidence of two or three witnesses

• Deuteronomy 19:15

♦ an understanding heart

• 1 Kings 3:9

♦ accordance with God's ordinances

• Ezekiel 44:24

♦ after proper investigation

• John 7:51

♦ avoidance of mere human judgment

• 1 Corinthians 9:8

♦ avoidance of evil motives

• James 2:4

means of passing judgment

♦ by certain appointed officials

• Exodus 18:21-22, 26

♦ by the congregation of Israel

• Numbers 35:24

♦ by casting lots

• Proverbs 18:18

♦ by the Jewish Sanhedrin against Jesus

• Matthew 26:57-66

♦ by the Jewish Sanhedrin against Christians

• Acts 4:5-21; 5:21-41; 22:30-23:7

♦ by an apostle

• 1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Timothy 1:20

♦ by another's conscience

• 1 Corinthians 10:29

avoidance of bringing judgment upon oneself

♦ by seeking reconciliation with an adversary

• Matthew 5:25; Luke 6:37

♦ by refraining from judging others

• Matthew 7:1

♦ by believing in Christ

• John 3:18

♦ by rejecting legalistic judgments from others

• Colossians 2:16

prohibition of passing judgment on others

♦ in general

• Matthew 7:1; Romans 2:1, 3

♦ in matters of conscience

• Romans 14:1-4, 10, 13

♦ concerning motives

• 1 Corinthians 4:5

♦ in relation to law

• James 4:11-12

relationship of judgment to oneself

♦ judge oneself rightly

• Matthew 7:3-5; Romans 12:3; 1 Corinthians 11:31; Galatians 6:1, 4

♦ judge for oneself about a matter or principle

• Acts 4:19; 1 Corinthians 10:15; 11:13, 29

♦ judge oneself unworthy of something

• Acts 13:46

final judgment:

time of

in general

♦ after death

• Hebrews 9:27

in particular

♦ after the second coming of Christ for some

• Matthew 25:31-46

♦ at the great white throne for the rest

• Revelation 20:11-15

results of

for unbelievers

♦ not able to stand in the judgment

• Psalms 1:5

♦ degrees of punishment determined

• Matthew 10:15; 11:21-23; Luke 12:47-48; Revelation 20:12-13 (cf. John 19:11)

♦ thrown into the lake of fire

• Revelation 20:15 (cf. Matthew 25:41)

for believers

♦ delivered from eternal judgment

• John 5:24; Romans 5:9; 8:1; Revelation 20:15

♦ rewarded for acceptable works

• 1 Corinthians 3:11-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10

various other uses:

♦ judgment between two persons:

• Genesis 16:5; Exodus 18:16; 1 Samuel 24:15

♦ breastplate of judgment:

• Exodus 28:30

♦ divine ordinances called judgments:

• Leviticus 18:4; Deuteronomy 4:1; Psalms 19:9; Isaiah 26:8-9

♦ thrones for judgment:

• Psalms 122:5

♦ response of redeemed Israel to judgment:

• Isaiah 54:17

♦ day of judgment:

• Matthew 10:15; 12:36; Acts 17:31; 2 Peter 2:9; 3:7; 1 John 4:17; Jude 6 (cf. Romans 2:5)

♦ seat of judgment:

• Matthew 27:19; Acts 18:12

♦ resurrection of judgment:

• John 5:29

♦ conviction by the Spirit concerning judgment:

• John 16:8, 11

♦ judgment of another's faithfulness:

• Acts 16:15

♦ individual responsibility for judgment:

• Romans 14:10; Galatians 5:10

♦ judgment seat of God:

• Romans 14:10

♦ Judgment in law court:

• 1 Corinthians 6:1-8; James 2:6-7

♦ judgment of the world by believers:

• 1 Corinthians 6:2

♦ judgment of angels by believers:

• 1 Corinthians 6:3

♦ divine judgment of believers through discipline:

• 1 Corinthians 11:29-34

♦ Judgment seat of Christ:

• 2 Corinthians 5:10 (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15)

♦ eternal judgment:

• Hebrews 6:2

♦ judgment in relation to mercy:

• James 2:13

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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