Hebrews 9:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,”
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BSBPD
“Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this--judgment,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Hebrews 9:27 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- 2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
- Job 14:5Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
- Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Psalms 89:48What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- Ecclesiastes 3:20All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
- Matthew 25:31When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- Luke 20:32And last of all, the woman died.
- John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- Romans 14:9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
- 2 Timothy 4:1I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:
- Hebrews 6:2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
- Jude 1:15to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
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