42 Bible Verses about Eternal Judgment

whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name performed many mighty works? and then will I confess to them, I never knew you; depart from me you that commit wickedness.

And if any one does not receive you, nor hear your words, when you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. I tell you truly, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in a day of judgment, than for that city.

But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in a day of judgment than for you.

But I tell you, that for every idle word which men speak they shall render an account in a day of judgment; for by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they changed their minds at the preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

let both grow together till the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, Collect first the poisonous darnel, and bind it in bundles to be burnt; but collect the wheat in my storehouse.

As, therefore, poisonous darnel is collected and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of the world. The Son of man will send his angels, and they shall collect out of his kingdom all offenses, and all that commit wickedness, and cast them into a furnace of fire; and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.read more.
Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

So shall it be at the consummation of the world. The angels shall come forth and separate the evil from the midst of the good, and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, with his angels, and then shall he render to every one according to his doing.

Then the king said to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and cast him into the darkness outside. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their own lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom; and five of them were foolish, and five wise. The foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them;read more.
but the wise took oil in the vessels with their lamps. And while the bridegroom delayed, all slumbered and slept; but at midnight there was a cry, Behold the bridegroom; go out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their own lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil, for our lamps have gone out. But the wise answered, saying, [No]; lest there be not enough for us and you; go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy the bridegroom came; and the ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut. And afterwards the other virgins came, and said, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, I tell you truly I know you not. Watch, therefore, for you know not the day nor the hour. For, as a man going abroad called his servants, and delivered to them his estates; to one he gave five talents [$5,000], to another two [$2,000], and to another one [$1,000]; to each according to his ability, and immediately went abroad. And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five; in like manner, also, he that received the two gained two others; but he that received the one went away and dug in the earth and hid his lord's money. And after a long time the lord of those servants came, and had a settlement with them. And he that received the five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, Lord, you committed to me five talents; behold, I have gained five other talents. His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord. And he that received the two talents also came to him and said, Lord, you committed to me two talents; behold, I have gained two others. His Lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few [talents], I will place you over many: enter into the joy of your lord. And he that received the one talent also came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sowed, and gathering where you have not scattered, and being afraid I went away and hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have what is yours. And his Lord answered and said to him, Evil and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather whence I have not scattered? And you ought then to have given my money to the brokers, and at my coming, I should have received my own with interest. Take his talent, therefore, from him, and give it to him that has ten talents; for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have an abundance; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away; and cast the unprofitable servant into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of the teeth. But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory, and all the nations shall be assembled before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and he shall place the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left. Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of 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 took me in; naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? or thirsty, and give you drink? when did we see you a stranger, and take you in? or naked, and clothe you? when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? And the king shall answer and say to them, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me. Then shall he say to those on his left hand, Depart from me accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; a stranger, and you took me not in; sick and in prison and you visited me not. Then shall they also answer and say, Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you? Then he shall answer them saying, I tell you truly, that inasmuch as you have not done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have not done it to me. And these shall go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into life eternal.

And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you not, going out into its streets, say, Even the dust of your city which adheres to our feet we wipe off for you; but know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand. I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Sodom in that day than for that city.read more.
Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you, they would long ago have changed their minds, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

for there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known. Whatever, therefore, you have said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what you have spoken to the ear in private rooms, shall be proclaimed on the houses. And I tell you, my friends, fear not those that kill the body, and after this have [power] to do nothing more.read more.
But I will show you whom to fear; Fear him, who after killing has power to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, Fear him.

Strive to enter in by the narrow gate; for many, I tell you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When the householder has risen and shut the door, and you stand without and knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us, and he will answer and say to you, I know you not whence you are, then you will say, We eat and drank in your presence, and you have taught in our streets;read more.
and he will say to you, I know not whence you are; depart from me, all doers of wickedness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you cast out. And they shall come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and shall recline in the kingdom of God.

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

He that rejects me and receives not my words, has one that judges him; the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day.

And I will show prodigies in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and a cloud of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and illustrious day of the Lord comes. And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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

because he has appointed a day in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he has appointed, giving assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

And as he discoursed of righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment about to come, Felix being terrified answered, Go for the present; but when I have time I will call you.

But according to your hardness and unchanged heart you treasure up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and of a revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each according to his works; to those who by patience in good works seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;read more.
but to those who are contentions and disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath. Affliction and distress [shall be] on every soul of man that does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek; and glory and honor and peace to every one that does good, both the Jew first and the Greek.

For as many as have sinned without the law shall perish without the law, and as many as have sinned with the law shall be judged by the law,??13 for not the hearers of the law are righteous with God, but the doers of the law shall be justified; for when the nations which have not the law perform by nature [the commandments] of the law, these who have not the law are a law to themselves, and they show the work of the law written in their minds, their consciences testifying with them, and their judgments mutually acusing or defending one another;??16 in the day when God shall judge the secret [doings] of men according to my gospel through Jesus Christ.

But why do you judge your brother? why do you set at nought your brother? for we must all stand at the tribunal of God. For it is written, [As] I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess to God. Each of us therefore shall give account of himself to God.

each one's work shall be manifest; for the day shall show it, because it shall be revealed by fire, and the same fire shall try every man's work what it is. If any one's work continues which he has built, he shall receive a reward; if any one's work is consumed, he shall suffer loss, and he shall be saved, but so as by fire.

Judge nothing therefore before the time, till the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden deeds of darkness, and make known the purposes of the hearts; and then shall each one have praise from God.

For we must all appear before the tribunal of Christ, that each one may receive through the body for what he has done, whether it is good or evil.

and to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;

I earnestly charge you before God and Christ Jesus who is about to judge the living and dead, and [by] his appearing and his kingdom,

henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.

For if the word spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense, how shall we escape who have neglected so great a salvation? which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was affirmed to us by those who heard,

of baptisms taught, and the imposition of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of the eternal judgment.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this is the judgment,

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which is about to consume the adversaries. Any one who despised the law of Moses died without mercy by two or three witnesses;read more.
of how much greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, who has trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the blood of the covenant with which he was purified, and treated injuriously the Spirit of grace. For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

who shall give an account to him that is ready to judge the living and dead.

But the present heavens and the earth have been preserved by his word, being kept for fire, at the day of the judgment and destruction of wicked men.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with a crash, and the elements be melted with heat, and the earth and the works in it be consumed. All these things therefore being dissolved, what persons ought we to be in holy conduct and piety, expecting and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being burnt up will be dissolved and the elements be melted with heat.

and the angels who kept not their own province, but left their habitation, he has kept under darkness in eternal chains, for the judgment of the great day;

Behold, he comes with the clouds, and every eye shall see him and those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn because of him. Yes, amen.

and the nations were angry, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets and to the saints and those that fear thy name, small and great, and to destroy those that destroy the earth.

AND I saw a great white throne and him that sat on it, from whose presence the earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, stand before the throne, and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is of life. And the dead were judged from the things written in the books according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged each according to their works.read more.
And Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And whoever was not found enrolled in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every one as his work is.