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Eccl. 3:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

I said in mine heart, God shall judged the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

Matt. 25:32• ³²and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; (Matt. 25:32)

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Rom. 2:6‑8• ⁶who shall render to each according to his works:
⁷to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
⁸But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation, (Rom. 2:6‑8)

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2 Cor. 5:10• ¹⁰For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things done in the body, according to those he has done, whether it be good or evil. (2 Cor. 5:10)

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2 Thess. 1:6‑10• ⁶if at least it is a righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,
⁷and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with the angels of his power,
⁸in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;
⁹who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
¹⁰when he shall have come to be glorified in his saints, and wondered at in all that have believed, (for our testimony to you has been believed,) in that day. (2 Thess. 1:6‑10)

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Eccl. 1:16• ¹⁶I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge. (Eccl. 1:16)

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Eccl. 2:1• ¹I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity. (Eccl. 2:1)

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Eccl. 12:14• ¹⁴For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. (Eccl. 12:14)

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Gen. 18:25• ²⁵Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked--far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right? (Gen. 18:25)

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Psa. 98:9• ⁹Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. (Psa. 98:9)

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Matt. 16:27• ²⁷For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings. (Matt. 16:27)

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Matt. 25:31‑46• ³¹But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit down upon his throne of glory,
³²and all the nations shall be gathered before him; and he shall separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;
³³and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on his left.
³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation:
³⁵for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
³⁶naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink?
³⁸and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
³⁹and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?
⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
⁴¹Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
⁴²for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.
⁴⁴Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
⁴⁵Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me.
⁴⁶And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:31‑46)

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John 5:22,26‑29• ²²for neither does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son;
²⁶For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also to have life in himself,
²⁷and has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is Son of man.
²⁸Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
²⁹and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment. (John 5:22,26‑29)

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Acts 17:31• ³¹because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead. (Acts 17:31)

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Rom. 2:5‑9• ⁵but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
⁶who shall render to each according to his works:
⁷to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.
⁸But to those that are contentious, and are disobedient to the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there shall be wrath and indignation,
⁹tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek; (Rom. 2:5‑9)

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1 Cor. 4:5• ⁵So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:5)

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Rev. 20:11‑15• ¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them.
¹²And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is that of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.
¹³And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged each according to their works:
¹⁴and death and hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire.
¹⁵And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:11‑15)

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Eccl. 3:1• ¹To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens: (Eccl. 3:1)

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Jer. 29:10‑11• ¹⁰For thus saith Jehovah: When seventy years shall be accomplished for Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in bringing you back to this place.
¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope. (Jer. 29:10‑11)

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Dan. 11:40• ⁴⁰And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him; and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and overflow and pass through. (Dan. 11:40)

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Dan. 12:4,9,11‑13• ⁴And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book, till the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
⁹And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for these words are closed and sealed till the time of the end.
¹¹And from the time that the continual sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand, two hundred, and ninety days.
¹²Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days!
¹³But do thou go thy way until the end; and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. (Dan. 12:4,9,11‑13)

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Acts 1:7• ⁷And he said to them, It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father has placed in his own authority; (Acts 1:7)

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1 Thess. 5:1• ¹But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that ye should be written to, (1 Thess. 5:1)

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2 Peter 3:7‑8• ⁷But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
⁸But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Peter 3:7‑8)

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Rev. 11:2‑3,18• ²And the court which is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; because it has been given up to the nations, and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty-two months.
³And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.
¹⁸And the nations have been full of wrath, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the recompense to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear thy name, small and great; and to destroy those that destroy the earth. (Rev. 11:2‑3,18)

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Rev. 17:12‑17• ¹²And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have not yet received a kingdom, but receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.
¹³These have one mind, and give their power and authority to the beast.
¹⁴These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with him called, and chosen, and faithful.
¹⁵And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
¹⁶And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her with fire;
¹⁷for God has given to their hearts to do his mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled. (Rev. 17:12‑17)

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Rev. 20:2,7‑9• ²And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
⁷And when the thousand years have been completed, Satan shall be loosed from his prison,
⁸and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
⁹And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of the heaven and devoured them. (Rev. 20:2,7‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

Many read "for he has assigned a time."