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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 separateth 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 those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life;
⁸but to those that are contentious and disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, 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 Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body according to what he did, whether good or evil. (2 Cor. 5:10)

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2 Thess. 1:6‑10• ⁶if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to those who trouble you,
⁷and to you that are troubled rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power
⁸in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and to those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;
⁹Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
¹⁰when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be wondered at in all that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day. (2 Thess. 1:6‑10)

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Eccl. 1:16• ¹⁶I communed with mine own heart, saying,{HR}Lo, I have gotten me great wisdom{HR}Above all that were before me in Jerusalem:{HR}Yea, my heart hath had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. (Eccl. 1:16)

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Eccl. 2:1• ¹I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth;{HR}Therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also [was] vanity. (Eccl. 2:1)

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Eccl. 12:14• ¹⁴For God shall bring every work into judgment,{HR}With every hidden thing,{HR}Whether [it be] good or whether [it be] evil. (Eccl. 12:14)

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Gen. 18:25• ²⁵{i}Far 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?{/i} (Gen. 18:25)

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Psa. 98:9• ⁹Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth;{HR}He will judge the world in righteousness{HR}And the peoples in equity. (Psa. 98:9)

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Matt. 16:27• ²⁷{i}For 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.{/i} (Matt. 16:27)

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Matt. 25:31‑46• ³¹But when the Son of man shall have come 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 separateth the sheep from the goats;
³³and he will set the sheep on his right but the goats on the left.
³⁴Then shall the King say to those on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the world's foundation.
³⁵For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, 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 fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
³⁸and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
³⁹and when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee?
⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me.
⁴¹Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
⁴²For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink;
⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
⁴⁴Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not to thee?
⁴⁵Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these least, ye did [it] not to me.
⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:31‑46)

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John 5:22,26‑29• ²²for not even the Father judgeth anyone, but hath given all the judgment to the Son;
²⁶For even as the Father hath life in himself, so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself;
²⁷and gave him authority to execute judgment [also], because he is Son of man.
²⁸Wonder not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
²⁹and shall go forth, those that practiced good unto a resurrection of life, and those that did evil unto a resurrection of judgment. (John 5:22,26‑29)

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Acts 17:31• ³¹inasmuch as he has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom he marked out, having given assurance to all in that he raised him from [the] dead. (Acts 17:31)

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Rom. 2:5‑9• ⁵But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment,
⁶who shall render to each according to his works:
⁷to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life;
⁸but to those that are contentious and disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation,
⁹tribulation and anguish on every soul of man that worketh out evil, both of Jew first and of Greek; (Rom. 2:5‑9)

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1 Cor. 4:5• ⁵So then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:5)

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

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Rev. 20:11‑15• ¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them.
¹²And I saw the dead, the great and the little, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is {i}the book{/i} 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 that were in it; and death and hades gave up the dead that 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, the lake of fire.
¹⁵And if Anyone 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 all is a season,{HR}And a time to every purpose under the heavens: (Eccl. 3:1)

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Jer. 29:10‑11• ¹⁰For thus saith Jehovah, that after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return 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 an expected end. (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 shall overflow and pass over. (Dan. 11:40)

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Dan. 12:4,9,11‑13• ⁴But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
⁹And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
¹¹And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be 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.
¹³{i}But do thou go thy way until the end; and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.{/i} (Dan. 12:4,9,11‑13)

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Acts 1:7• ⁷And he said unto them, It is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father set 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 to be written to. (1 Thess. 5:1)

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2 Peter 3:7‑8• ⁷But the now heavens and the earth by the same word have been stored with fire, being kept for a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
⁸{i}But{/i} {i}let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved,{/i} that one day is with [the] Lord 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 that is without the temple cast out, and measure it not; for it was given to the nations: and the holy city shall they tread forty [and] two months.
³And I will give {i}efficacy{/i} to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred {i}and{/i} sixty days, clothed with sackcloth.
¹⁸And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the little and the 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 they 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 those that are with him, called and chosen and faithful.
¹⁵And he saith to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, 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 hath put into their hearts to accomplish his mind, and to accomplish one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God shall be finished. (Rev. 17:12‑17)

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Rev. 20:2,7‑9• ²And he laid hold on the dragon, the ancient serpent, which is {i}the{/i} Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
⁷And when the thousand years shall have been finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
⁸and shall go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together unto the war: the number of whom {i}is{/i} as the sand of the sea.
⁹And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and encompassed the encampment of the saints and the beloved city: and there came down fire out of the heaven [from God] 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."

W. Kelly Translation

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked:{HR}For there is a time for every purpose and every work.