Matthew 12:36

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.›

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  • Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.
  • Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 ¶ To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
  • Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
  • Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

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