Ecclesiastes 3:17

who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

“The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.”

You shall flee by the valley of my mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azel; yes, you shall flee, just like you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Yahweh my God will come, and all the holy ones with you.

For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed; nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

and then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

The king will mourn, and the prince will be clothed with desolation. The hands of the people of the land will be troubled. I will do to them after their way, and according to their own judgments I will judge them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ”

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

When the seven thunders sounded, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, “Seal up the things which the seven thunders said, and don’t write them.”

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

When I choose the appointed time, I will judge blamelessly.

I said to myself, “Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth: therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.

For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity will not be your ruin.

“At the time of the end the king of the south will contend with him; and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships. He will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass through.

But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”

He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.

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

He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

But concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that anything be written to you.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,