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Matthew 12:36

WEB

36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

KJV

36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

BSB

36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

FBV

36I tell you, people will have to account for every careless thing they say on the Day of Judgment.

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Extra References

Ecclesiastes 12:14

14For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.


Romans 2:16

16in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.


Revelation 20:12

12I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.


Jude 1:14-15

14About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold,[+] the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”


Ephesians 6:4-6

4You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

5Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ, 6not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,