King James Bible Dictionary

The general judgment
1 Chronicles 16:33; Job 14:17; Job 21:30; Job 31:13-15; Psalms 9:7; Psalms 50:3-6; Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Ecclesiastes 3:17; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Ezekiel 18:20-28; Daniel 7:9-10; Amos 4:12; Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17; Matthew 7:22-23; Matthew 8:29; Matthew 11:22; Matthew 10:15; Matthew 12:36-37; Matthew 12:41-42; Luke 11:31-32; Matthew 13:30; Matthew 13:40-43; Matthew 13:49-50; Matthew 16:27; Mark 8:38; Matthew 22:11-13; Matthew 23:14; Matthew 25:1-46; Luke 19:12-26; Mark 4:22; Mark 13:32; Luke 10:10-14; Luke 12:2-5; Luke 13:24-29; Luke 20:45-47; John 5:22; John 12:48; Acts 2:19-21; Acts 10:42; Acts 17:31; Acts 24:25; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 2:12-16; Romans 14:10-12; 1 Corinthians 3:13; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8; 2 Timothy 4:1; 2 Timothy 4:8; Hebrews 6:2; Hebrews 9:27; Hebrews 10:27; 1 Peter 4:5; 1 Peter 4:7; 2 Peter 2:4; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 3:10-12; 1 John 4:17; Jude 1:6; Jude 1:14-15; Jude 1:24; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 6:15-17; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 20:11-15; Revelation 22:12

Judgment according to opportunity and works:

General references
Genesis 4:7; Job 34:11; Proverbs 11:31; Proverbs 12:14; Proverbs 24:11-12; Psalms 62:12; 2 Timothy 4:14; Isaiah 3:10-11; Isaiah 5:15-16; Isaiah 24:2; Isaiah 59:18; Jeremiah 17:10-11; Jeremiah 32:19; Ezekiel 7:3-4; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 9:4-6; Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 18:4-9; Ezekiel 18:19-32; Ezekiel 33:18-20; Ezekiel 39:24; Hosea 4:9; Hosea 12:2; Amos 3:2; Zech 1:6; Matthew 10:14-15; Matthew 11:24; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5; Luke 10:12-15; Matthew 12:37; Matthew 23:14; Luke 20:47; Mark 14:21; Luke 11:49-51; Luke 12:47-48; Luke 13:6-9; Luke 19:12-27; Luke 21:1-4; John 3:19-20; John 5:45; John 9:41; John 12:48; John 15:22; John 15:24; Romans 2:5-12; Romans 2:27; 1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 3:12-15; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 2:15-16; 2 Corinthians 11:15; Galatians 6:5-10; Ephesians 6:7-8; Colossians 3:25; 1 Timothy 1:13; Hebrews 2:2-3; Hebrews 10:26-30; Hebrews 12:25; James 2:12-13; 1 Peter 1:17; 2 Peter 2:20-21; Revelation 2:23; Revelation 20:12-13

Parable of the vineyard
Isaiah 5:1-6

Parable of the husbandman
Isaiah 28:24-28

Parable of the wicked husbandmen
Matthew 21:33-36

Parable of the talents
Matthew 25:14-30
God, Judge, and His Justice; Jesus, The Christ, Judge; Punishment, According to Deeds

JUDG'MENT, noun The act of judging; the act or process of the mind in comparing its ideas, to find their agreement or disagreement, and to ascertain truth; or the process of examining facts and arguments, to ascertain propriety and justice; or the process of examining the relations between one proposition and another.

1. The faculty of the mind by which man is enabled to compare ideas and ascertain the relations of terms and propositions; as a man of clear judgment or sound judgment The judgment may be biased by prejudice. judgment supplies the want of certain knowledge.

2. The determination of the mind, formed from comparing the relations of ideas, or the comparison of facts and arguments. In the formation of our judgments, we should be careful to weigh and compare all the facts connected with the subject.

3. In law, the sentence of doom pronounced in any cause, civil or criminal, by the judge or court by which it is tried. judgment may be rendered on demurrer, on a verdict, on a confession or default, or on a non-suit. judgment though pronounced by the judge or court, is properly the determination or sentence of the law. A pardon may be pleaded in arrest of judgment

4. The right or power of passing sentence.

5. Determination; decision.

Let reason govern us in the formation of our judgment of things proposed to our inquiry.

6. Opinion; notion.

She, in my judgment was as fair as you.

7. In Scripture, the spirit of wisdom and prudence, enabling a person to discern right and wrong, good and evil.

Give the king thy judgments, O God. Psalms 72:2.

8. A remarkable punishment; an extraordinary calamity inflicted by God on sinners.

Judgments are prepared for scorners. Proverbs 19:28. Isaiah 26:8.

9. The spiritual government of the world.

The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son.

John 5:22.

10. The righteous statutes and commandments of God are called his judgments. Psalms 119:66.

11. The doctrines of the gospel, or God's word. Matthew 12:18.

12. Justice and equity. Luke 11:31. Isaiah 1:17.

13. The decrees and purposes of God concerning nations.

Romans 11:33.

14. A court or tribunal. Matthew 5:21.

15. Controversies, or decisions of controversies. 1 Corinthians 6:4.

16. The gospel, or kingdom of grace. Matthew 12:18.

17. The final trial of the human race, when God will decide the fate of every individual, and award sentence according to justice.

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

Judgment of God. Formerly this term was applied to extraordinary trials of secret crimes, as by arms and single combat, by ordeal, or hot plowshares, etc.; it being imagined that God would work miracles to vindicate innocence.

Gr. praitorion (John 18:28, 33; 19:9; Matthew 27:27), "common hall." In all these passages the Revised Version renders "palace." In Mark 15:16 the word is rendered "Praetorium" (q.v.), which is a Latin word, meaning literally the residence of the praetor, and then the governor's residence in general, though not a praetor. Throughout the Gospels the word "praitorion" has this meaning (comp. Acts 23:35). Pilate's official residence when he was in Jerusalem was probably a part of the fortress of Antonia.

The trial of our Lord was carried on in a room or office of the palace. The "whole band" spoken of by Mark were gathered together in the palace court.

The word pr'torium is so translated five times in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, and in those five passages it denotes two different places.

1. In (John 18:28,33; 19:9) it is the residence which Pilate occupied when he visited Jerusalem. The site of Pilate's pr'torium in Jerusalem has given rise to much dispute, some supposing it to be the palace of King Herod, others the tower of Antonia; but it was probably the latter, which was then and long afterward the citadel of Jerusalem.
2. In (Acts 23:35) Herod's judgment hall or pr'torium in C'sarea was doubtless a part of that magnificent range of buildings the erection of which by King Herod is described in Josephus. The word "palace," or "C'sar's court." in the Authorized Version of (Philemon 1:13) is a translation of the same word pr'torium. It may here have denoted the quarter of that detachment of the pr'torian guards which was in immediate attendance upon the emperor, and had barracks in Mount Palatine at Rome.

(Matthew 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. bema) which was placed according as the magistrate might direct, and from which judgment was pronounced. In this case it was placed on a tesselated pavement, probably in front of the procurator's residence. (See GABBATHA.)

The sentence that will be passed on our actions at the last day (Matthew 25; Romans 14:10, 11; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10).

The judge is Jesus Christ, as mediator. All judgment is committed to him (Acts 17:31; John 5:22, 27; Revelation 1:7). "It pertains to him as mediator to complete and publicly manifest the salvation of his people and the overthrow of his enemies, together with the glorious righteousness of his work in both respects."

The persons to be judged are, (1) the whole race of Adam without a single exception (Matthew 25:31-46; 1 Corinthians 15:51, 52; Revelation 20:11-15); and (2) the fallen angels (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6).

The rule of judgment is the standard of God's law as revealed to men, the heathen by the law as written on their hearts (Luke 12:47, 48; Romans 2:12-16); the Jew who "sinned in the law shall be judged by the law" (Romans 2:12); the Christian enjoying the light of revelation, by the will of God as made known to him (Matthew 11:20-24; John 3:19). Then the secrets of all hearts will be brought to light (1 Corinthians 4:5; Luke 8:17; 12:2, 3) to vindicate the justice of the sentence pronounced.

The time of the judgment will be after the resurrection (Hebrews 9:27; Acts 17:31).

As the Scriptures represent the final judgment "as certain [Ecclesiastes 11:9], universal [2 Corinthians 5:10], righteous [Romans 2:5], decisive [1 Corinthians 15:52], and eternal as to its consequences [Hebrews 6:2], let us be concerned for the welfare of our immortal interests, flee to the refuge set before us, improve our precious time, depend on the merits of the Redeemer, and adhere to the dictates of the divine word, that we may be found of him in peace."

JUDG'MENT-DAY, noun The last day, or day when final judgment will be pronounced on the subjects of God's moral government.

See Pretorium
Pretorium

JUDG'MENT-HALL, noun The hall where courts are held.

On the serpent
Genesis 3:14-15

On Eve
Genesis 3:16

On Adam
Genesis 3:17-19

On Cain
Genesis 4:11-15

On the Antediluvians
Genesis 1:6

On the Sodomites
Genesis 19:23-25

On the Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow
Genesis 2:7

On Nadab and Abihu
Leviticus 10:1-3

On Miriam
Numbers 12:1-15

Upon the Israelites:

For worshiping Aaron's calf
Exodus 32:35

For murmuring
Numbers 11:1; Numbers 11:33-34; Numbers 14:22-23; Numbers 14:32; Numbers 14:35-37; Numbers 21:6; Numbers 25:4-5; Numbers 25:9

The forty years' wandering a judgment
Numbers 14:26-39; Numbers 26:63-65; Deuteronomy 2:14-17

Delivered into the hands of the:

Assyrians
2 Kings 17:6-41

Chaldeans
2 Chronicles 36:14-21

Upon the Canaanites
Leviticus 18:25; Leviticus 5:7; Deuteronomy 12:29-32

Upon the Canaanites with the conquest of, by Joshua
Canaanites

Upon Abimelech
Judges 9:52-57

Upon Uzzah
2 Samuel 6:7

Upon Hananiah, the false prophet
Jeremiah 28:15-17

Upon Eli's house
1 Samuel 2:27-36; 1 Samuel 4:10-22

Upon the prophet of Judah, for disobedience
1 Kings 13:1-24

Upon Zimri
1 Kings 16:18-19

Upon Gehazi
2 Kings 5:27

Upon Sennacherib
2 Kings 19:35-37

Denounced against:

Solomon
1 Kings 11:9-14; 1 Kings 11:23

Jeroboam
1 Kings 14:7-15

Ahab and Jezebel
1 Kings 21:19-24

Ahaziah
2 Chronicles 22:7-9

Manasseh
2 Chronicles 33:11

Denounced against disobedience
Leviticus 26:14-39; Deuteronomy 28:15-68; Deuteronomy 5:29; Deuteronomy 32:19-43

Misunderstood
Jeremiah 16:10; Joel 2:17

No escape from

General references
Exodus 20:7; Exodus 34:7; Isaiah 2:10; Isaiah 2:12-19; Isaiah 2:21; Ezekiel 14:13-14; Amos 5:16-20; Amos 9:1-4; Matthew 23:33; Hebrews 2:1-3; Hebrews 10:28-29; Hebrews 12:25; Revelation 6:16-17
Escape

Executed by human instrumentality
Jeremiah 51:2

Delayed

General references
Psalms 10:6; Psalms 50:21; Psalms 55:19
Punishment, Delayed; Chastisement; Punishment; Sin, Punishment of

Design of

General references
Exodus 14:17-18; Exodus 14:31; Leviticus 10:3; Deuteronomy 29:22-28; Psalms 9:16; Psalms 9:20; Psalms 59:13; Psalms 83:16-18; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 64:1-2; Ezekiel 11:10-12; Ezekiel 12:16; Ezekiel 14:7-8; Ezekiel 21:3-5; Ezekiel 25:5; Ezekiel 25:7; Ezekiel 25:11; Ezekiel 26:6; Ezekiel 29:9; Ezekiel 29:16; Ezekiel 30:8; Ezekiel 30:25-26; Ezekiel 33:29; Ezekiel 38:22-23; Daniel 4:17; Daniel 4:24-26; Daniel 4:34; Romans 9:17; Romans 9:22; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 1 Corinthians 10:11; Revelation 2:23
Affliction, Design of; Chastisement; Punishment; Sin, Punishment of

1. The secret decisions of God's will (Psalms 110:5; 36:6).

2. The revelations of his will (Exodus 21:1; Deuteronomy 6:20; Psalms 119:7-175).

3. The infliction of punishment on the wicked (Exodus 6:6; 12:12; Ezekiel 25:11; Revelation 16:7), such as is mentioned in Genesis 7; 19:24, 25; Judges 1:6, 7; Acts 5:1-10, etc.

General references
Matthew 27:19; Acts 18:12; Acts 25:10

Of Christ
Romans 14:10

JUDG'MENT-SEAT, noun The seat or bench on which judges sit in court.

1. A court; a tribunal.

We shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ. Romans 14:1.