Matthew 12:37
For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.
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- Prov 13:3 : 3 He who keeps a watch on his mouth keeps his life; but he whose lips are open wide will have destruction.
- Jas 2:21-25 : 21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God. 24 You see that a man's righteousness is judged by his works and not by his faith only. 25 And in the same way, was not the righteousness of Rahab, the loose woman, judged by her works, when she took into her house those who were sent and let them go out by another way?
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- Matt 12:31-366 verses87%
31 So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.
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.
35 The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.
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.
- Job 15:5-62 verses78%
5 For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.
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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37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:
- Matt 7:1-22 verses74%
1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
- Jas 2:12-132 verses74%
12 Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.
13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
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1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
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20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
- Luke 12:57-593 verses72%
57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?
58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.
59 I say to you, You will not come out of it till you have made payment to the very last farthing.
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48 He who puts me on one side and does not take my words to heart, is not without a judge: the word which I have said will be his judge on the last day.
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- Luke 12:10-123 verses72%
10 And if anyone says a word against the Son of man, he will have forgiveness: but for him who says evil words against the Holy Spirit, there will be no forgiveness.
11 And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:
12 For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.
- Luke 12:2-32 verses72%
2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.
3 So, whatever you have said in the dark, will come to men's hearing in the light, and what you have said secretly inside the house, will be made public from the house-tops.
- Prov 12:13-142 verses72%
13 In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
14 From the fruit of his mouth will a man have good food in full measure, and the work of a man's hands will be rewarded.
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2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
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12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.
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37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
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30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.
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26 Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.
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14 God will be judge of every work, with every secret thing, good or evil.
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25 How pleasing are upright words! but what force is there in your arguments?
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24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
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22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;
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6 Who will give to every man his right reward:
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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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11 And when you are taken and given up to be judged, do not be troubled about what to say: but whatever is given to you in that hour, say: because it is not you who say it, but the Holy Spirit.
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19 You have given your mouth to evil, your tongue to words of deceit.
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1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
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12 All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;
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32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.
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27 And if I by Beelzebub send evil spirits out of men, by whom do your sons send them out? So let them be your judges.
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13 So that you are turning your spirit against God, and letting such words go out of your mouth?
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7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
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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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7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.
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17 The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.