Matthew 12:36
And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
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- Eccl 12:14 : 14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
- Jude 1:14-15 : 14 The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints, 15 To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.
- Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, taking their places before the high seat; and the books were open, and another book was open, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged by the things which were in the books, even by their works.
- Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God will be a judge of the secrets of men, as it says in the good news of which I am a preacher, through Jesus Christ.
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33 Make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for by its fruit you will get knowledge of the tree.
34 You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
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14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
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45 The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.
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12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
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2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.
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18 But the things which come out of the mouth come from the heart; and they make a man unclean.
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12 For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.
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2 As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.
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6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.
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6 Make no addition to his words, or he will make clear your error, and you will be seen to be false.