Matthew 12:37

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For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

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  • Prov 13:3 : 3 Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
  • Jas 2:21-25 : 21 Was not our father Abraham justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was working together with his works, and by works his faith was made perfect. 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,' and he was called a friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route?

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    36 I tell you, on the Day of Judgment, people will give an account for every idle word they speak.

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    5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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