1 Peter 4:5

New Century Version

But they will have to explain this to God, who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Cross References

Psalm 1:6

This is because the Lord takes care of his people, but the wicked will be destroyed.

Ecclesiastes 12:14

God will judge everything, even what is done in secret, the good and the evil.

Ezekiel 18:30

“So I will judge you, people of Israel; I will judge each of you by what you do, says the Lord God. Change your hearts and stop all your sinning so sin will not bring your ruin.

Matthew 12:36

And I tell you that on the Judgment Day people will be responsible for every careless thing they have said.

Luke 16:2

So he called the manager in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give me a report of what you have done with my money, because you can’t be my manager any longer.’

Acts 10:42

He told us to preach to the people and to tell them that he is the one whom God chose to be the judge of the living and the dead.

Acts 17:31

God has set a day that he will judge all the world with fairness, by the man he chose long ago. And God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from the dead!”

Romans 14:9

The reason Christ died and rose from the dead to live again was so he would be Lord over both the dead and the living.

2 Timothy 4:1

I give you a command in the presence of God and Christ Jesus, the One who will judge the living and the dead, and by his coming and his kingdom:

James 5:9

Brothers and sisters, do not complain against each other or you will be judged guilty. And the Judge is ready to come!