The word in Scripture

Judgment in the Bible

The word judgment appears 294 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Judgment is God's righteous verdict on all things, setting the world right. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What judgment means in the Bible

Judgment is God's righteous verdict on all things, setting the world right.

Where the word judgment appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word judgment appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.”Psalms 9:16

“The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.”Psalms 99:4

“Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.”Isaiah 16:3

“And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.”Isaiah 28:6

“But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.”Matthew 11:24

“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:”John 5:22

“And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.”John 8:16

“But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.”Romans 2:2