Matthew 12:36
`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;
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- Eccl 12:14 : 14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
- Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam -- Enoch -- saying, `Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads, 15 to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.'
- Rev 20:12 : 12 and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works;
- Rom 2:16 : 16 in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, through Jesus Christ.
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37 for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'
- Matt 12:31-355 verses75%
31 Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.
32 And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.
33 `Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.
34 `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
35 The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.
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14 For every work doth God bring into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.'
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45 `The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which `is' evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.
46 `And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?
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12 so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;
- Luke 12:2-32 verses72%
2 and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;
3 because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
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12 so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,
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18 but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;
19 for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
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12 for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth `you' to say.'
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6 Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,
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6 who shall render to each according to his works;
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48 `He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day,
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37 but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
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2 Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.
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10 and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.
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11 `And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.
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12 And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
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14 From the fruit of the mouth `is' one satisfied `with' good, And the deed of man's hands returneth to him.
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19 In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips `is' wise.
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6 Thy mouth declareth thee wicked, and not I, And thy lips testify against thee.
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4 `Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; -- when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;
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30 The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
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21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
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21 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;
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5 who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,
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6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?
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1 `Judge not, that ye may not be judged,
2 for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
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3 The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
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37 and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'
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11 not that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'
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2 Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.
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21 Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
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37 `And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.
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19 Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:
20 therefore from their fruits ye shall know them.
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8 Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that `are' sweet.
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40 and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
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2 From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.
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19 So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,
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6 Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.