Genesis 6:5 (NLT) “The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.”
Genesis 6:11–13 (ESV) “Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, ‘I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.'”
Genesis 9:11 (NIV) “I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
Exodus 15:6–7 (NKJV) “Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces. And in the greatness of Your excellence You have overthrown those who rose against You; You sent forth Your wrath; It consumed them like stubble.”
Exodus 15:13 (NLT) “With your unfailing love you lead the people you have redeemed. In your might, you guide them to your sacred home.”
Numbers 13:33 (NIV) “We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.”
Deuteronomy 5:24 (NLT) “and they said, ‘Look, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the heart of the fire. Today we have seen that God can speak to us humans, and yet we live!'”
2 Kings 19:35 (ESV) “And that night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.”
1 Chronicles 16:33 (NLT) “Let the trees of the forest sing for joy before the LORD, for he is coming to judge the earth.”
Job 20:6–10 (NLT) “Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens and their heads touch the clouds, yet they will vanish forever, thrown away like their own dung. Those who knew them will ask, ‘Where are they?’ They will fade like a dream and not be found. They will vanish like a vision in the night. Those who once saw them will see them no more. Their families will never see them again. Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches.”
Job 20:12–21 (ESV) “Though evil is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, though he is loath to let it go and holds it in his mouth, yet his food is turned in his stomach; it is the venom of cobras within him. He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly. He will suck the poison of cobras; the tongue of a viper will kill him. He will not look upon the rivers, the streams flowing with honey and curds. He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment. For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build. Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him. There was nothing left after he had eaten; therefore his prosperity will not endure.”
Job 20:27 (NIV) “The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him.”
Job 20:29 (NLT) “This is the reward that God gives the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God.”
Psalm 14:1 (NLT) “Only fools say in their hearts, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!”
Psalm 37:10 (NLT) “Soon the wicked will disappear. Though you look for them, they will be gone.”
Psalm 37:10–13 (ESV) “In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace. The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him, but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.”
Psalm 37:20 (NIV) “But the wicked will perish: Though the LORD’s enemies are like the flowers of the field, they will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.”
Psalm 58:11 (NLT) “Then at last everyone will say, ‘There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.'”
Psalm 91:8 (ESV) “You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked.”
Psalm 103:16 (NLT) “The wind blows, and we are gone—as though we had never been here.”
Psalm 103:18–19 (NIV) “with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.”
Psalm 104:35 (NKJV) “May sinners be consumed from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!”
Proverbs 6:14–15 (NLT) “Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble. But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.”
Proverbs 11:5 (ESV) “The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.”
Proverbs 25:2, 5 (NLT) “It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them… Remove the wicked from the king’s court, and his reign will be made secure by justice.”
Ecclesiastes 12:14 (NLT) “God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.”
Isaiah 2:11 (ESV) “The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.”
Isaiah 2:12 (NLT) “For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has a day of reckoning. He will punish the proud and mighty and bring down everything that is exalted.”
Isaiah 13:5–7 (NIV) “They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of his wrath—to destroy the whole country. Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.”
Isaiah 13:8–9 (ESV) “Pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame. Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.”
Isaiah 13:13 (NLT) “For I will shake the heavens. The earth will move from its place when the LORD of Heaven’s Armies displays his wrath in the day of his fierce anger.”
Isaiah 26:9 (NIV) “My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.”
Isaiah 26:20–21 (NLT) “Go home, my people, and lock your doors! Hide yourselves for a little while until the LORD’s anger has passed. Look! The LORD is coming from heaven to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will no longer hide those who have been murdered. They will be brought out for all to see.”
Isaiah 66:16 (ESV) “For by fire will the LORD enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the LORD shall be many.”
Jeremiah 10:24 (NLT) “So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.”
Ezekiel 20:38 (NIV) “I will purge you of those who revolt and rebel against me. Although I will bring them out of the land where they are living, yet they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Hosea 8:7a (NLT) “They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind.”
Joel 2:1 (NLT) “Sound the trumpet in Jerusalem! Raise the alarm on my holy mountain! Let everyone tremble in fear because the day of the LORD is upon us.”
Joel 3:14 (ESV) “Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.”
Amos 5:18–20 (NLT) “What sorrow awaits you who say, ‘If only the day of the LORD were here!’ You have no idea what you are wishing for. That day will bring darkness, not light. In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—only to meet a bear. Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—and he’s bitten by a snake. Yes, the day of the LORD will be dark and hopeless, without a ray of joy or hope.”
Amos 5:20 (NLT) “Yes, the day of the LORD will be dark and hopeless, without a ray of joy or hope.”
Habakkuk 1:4 (NLT) “The law has become paralyzed, and there is no justice in the courts. The wicked far outnumber the righteous, so that justice has become perverted.”
Habakkuk 2:14 (NIV) “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”
Habakkuk 2:16 (NLT) “Soon it will be your turn to be disgraced. Come, drink and let your shame be exposed. The cup from the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and your glory will be turned to shame.”
Habakkuk 3:6 (ESV) “He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered; the everlasting hills sank low. His were the everlasting ways.”
Habakkuk 3:12–13 (NLT) “You marched across the land in anger and trampled the nations in your fury. You went out to rescue your chosen people, to save your anointed ones. You crushed the heads of the wicked and stripped their bones from head to toe.”
Habakkuk 3:16 (NIV) “I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.”
Zephaniah 1:7 (NLT) “Stand in silence in the presence of the Sovereign LORD, for the awesome day of the LORD’s judgment is near. The LORD has prepared his people for a great slaughter and has chosen their executioners.”
Zephaniah 1:14–16 (ESV) “The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there. A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.”
Zephaniah 1:18 (NLT) “Your silver and gold will not save you on that day of the LORD’s anger. For the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. He will make a terrifying end of all the people on earth.”
Haggai 2:6–7 (NIV) “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD Almighty.”
Zechariah 14:1 (NLT) “Watch, for the day of the LORD is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you!”
Malachi 3:6 (NKJV) “For I am the LORD, I do not change; therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.”
Malachi 3:16–17 (NLT) “Then those who feared the LORD spoke with each other, and the LORD listened to what they said. In his presence, a scroll of remembrance was written to record the names of those who feared him and always thought about the honor of his name. ‘They will be my people,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. ‘On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.'”
Malachi 3:19 (TLV) “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says ADONAI-Tzva’ot, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
Malachi 4:1 (ESV) “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”
Malachi 4:1, 3 (NLT) “The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says, ‘The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all… On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
Matthew 7:1–2 (NIV) “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Matthew 11:24 (NLT) “I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on judgment day than you.”
Matthew 13:24–30 (NLT) “Here is another story Jesus told: ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came, planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew. The farmer’s workers went to him and said, “Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?” “An enemy has done this!” the farmer exclaimed. “Should we pull out the weeds?” they asked. “No,” he replied, “you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.”‘”
Matthew 13:37–39 (ESV) “He answered, ‘The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.'”
Matthew 13:39 (NLT) “The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels.”
Matthew 13:40 (NIV) “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.”
Matthew 13:41–43 (NLT) “The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!”
Matthew 13:43 (ESV) “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.”
Matthew 24:37 (NLT) “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day.”
Matthew 24:39 (NIV) “and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”
Matthew 24:39–41 (NLT) “People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes. Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.”
Matthew 25:32 (ESV) “Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”
Luke 12:3 (NLT) “Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!”
Luke 17:26–27 (NIV) “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.”
John 3:19–21 (NLT) “And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”
John 5:22 (ESV) “For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.”
John 12:31 (NIV) “Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.”
John 16:11 (NLT) “Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.”
Romans 2:5 (NLT) “But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.”
Romans 10:13 (NIV) “for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
1 Corinthians 11:31 (ESV) “But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.”
2 Corinthians 4:6 (NLT) “For God, who said, ‘Let there be light in the darkness,’ has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.”
2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV) “For he says, ‘In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.’ I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.”
Galatians 4:16 (NLT) “Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?”
Galatians 6:8 (ESV) “For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”
Hebrews 3:13 (NLT) “You must warn each other every day, while it is still ‘today,’ so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.”
James 2:13 (NIV) “because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”
Jude 1:14–16 (NLT) “Enoch, who lived in the seventh generation after Adam, prophesied about these people. He said, ‘Listen! The Lord is coming with countless thousands of his holy ones to execute judgment on the people of the world. He will convict every person of all the ungodly things they have done and for all the insults that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.’ These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. They brag loudly about themselves, and they flatter others to get what they want.”
Jude 1:18–19 (ESV) “They said to you, ‘In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.’ It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.”
1 Peter 4:7 (NLT) “The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.”
1 Peter 4:17 (NIV) “For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?”
2 Peter 2:5 (NLT) “And God did not spare the ancient world—except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood.”
2 Peter 2:6 (ESV) “if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly.”
2 Peter 3:7 (NLT) “And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.”
2 Peter 3:10 (NIV) “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.”
2 Peter 3:10–12 (NLT) “But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment. Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along.”
Revelation 3:3 (ESV) “Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.”
1 Enoch 1:1–2 (R.H. Charles) “The words of the blessing of Enoch, wherewith he blessed the elect and righteous, who will be living in the day of tribulation, when all the wicked and godless are to be removed. And he took up his parable and said—Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come.”
1 Enoch 1:3–5 (R.H. Charles) “Concerning the elect I said, and took up my parable concerning them: The Holy Great One will come forth from His dwelling, and the eternal God will tread upon the earth, even on Mount Sinai, and appear from His camp and appear in the strength of His might from the heaven of heavens. And all shall be smitten with fear, and the Watchers shall quake, and great fear and trembling shall seize them unto the ends of the earth.”
1 Enoch 38:3–4 (R.H. Charles) “And when the secrets of the righteous shall be revealed and the sinners judged, and the godless driven from the presence of the righteous and elect, from that time those that possess the earth shall no longer be powerful and exalted: and they shall not be able to behold the face of the holy, for the Lord of Spirits has caused His light to appear on the face of the holy, righteous, and elect.”
1 Enoch 39:2–3 (R.H. Charles) “And in those days a whirlwind carried me off from the earth, and set me down at the end of the heavens. And there I saw another vision, the dwelling-places of the holy, and the resting-places of the righteous.”
1 Enoch 39:7b (R.H. Charles) “And righteousness flows before them as water, and mercy like dew upon the earth: thus it is amongst them for ever and ever.”
1 Enoch 91:7, 8b–10 (R.H. Charles) “And when sin and unrighteousness and blasphemy and violence in all kinds of deeds increase, and apostasy and transgression and uncleanness increase, a great chastisement shall come from heaven upon all these, and the holy Lord will come forth with wrath and chastisement to execute judgement on earth… and all that is given over to godlessness shall be uprooted, and the work of the wicked shall vanish from the whole earth, and the world shall be written down for destruction. And after this the righteous one shall arise from his sleep, and wisdom shall arise and be given unto them.”
1 Enoch 94:1b (R.H. Charles) “Love uprightness and walk therein.”
1 Enoch 94:6 (R.H. Charles) “Woe to those who build unrighteousness and oppression and lay deceit as a foundation; for they shall be suddenly overthrown, and they shall have no peace.”
