Quotes About Judgment

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own motherís son.

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a womanís stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—whether green or dry—He will sweep them away.

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations.

They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.

But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.

He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.

Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

Add iniquity to their iniquity; let them not share in Your righteousness.

May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.