Matthew 12:36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

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

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Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

Ephesians 6:4-6 And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord...

Jude 1:14,15 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints...

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened...

idle word. [Rhema,] [argos,] i.e., [ergo--work/act/deed,] from a, privative, and [ergon,] work, a word that produces no good effect, and is not calculated to produce any. Discourse, says Dr. Doddridge, 'tending to innocent mirth, to exhilarate the spirits, is not idle discourse; as the time spent in necessary recreation is not idle time.'

Context

A Tree and its Fruit

33Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

Parallel Verses

American Standard Version
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

Darby Bible Translation
But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

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

Young's Literal Translation
'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;

Strong's Concordance

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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Matthew Chapter 12 Verse 36

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