What Does the Bible Say About Righteous Judgement?

John 7:24 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

Romans 2:5 ESV / 28 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.

Matthew 7:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

1 Corinthians 6:2-3 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!

Romans 2:1-16 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 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. ...

Zechariah 8:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes

These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace;

Romans 2:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

2 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 12 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.

James 5:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.

Jude 1:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day—

1 John 2:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

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

1 John 2:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Matthew 7:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

Galatians 3:24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

1 Corinthians 6:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!

Revelation 22:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Colossians 1:15-20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ...

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Acts 2:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 20:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

John 16:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

John 12:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

Isaiah 11:1-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.

2 Peter 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

Matthew 23:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,

35 Bible Verses about Righteous Judgement

John 7:24 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Romans 2:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Matthew 7:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:2-3 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Romans 2:1-16 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Zechariah 8:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Romans 2:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes

James 5:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Jude 1:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 2:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 7:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Galatians 3:24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Revelation 22:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Colossians 1:15-20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Revelation 20:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 20:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 16:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 12:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 11:1-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 23:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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35 Bible Verses about Righteous Judgement

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John 7:24 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Romans 2:5 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Matthew 7:2 ESV / 24 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:2-3 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Romans 2:1-16 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Zechariah 8:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Romans 2:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:5 ESV / 13 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes

James 5:9 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Jude 1:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 2:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 John 2:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Thessalonians 1:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 7:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Galatians 3:24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:3 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Revelation 22:12 ESV / 8 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Colossians 1:15-20 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Revelation 20:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 20:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 16:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 12:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Isaiah 11:1-5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 23:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 12:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes