Devine Scripture

Matthew 12:36

Matthew chapter 12 · verse 36 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.35The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

v.36This passage

v.37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:14

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

  • Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.

  • Revelation 20:12

    And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which isthe bookof life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  • Jude 1:14

    And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

  • Romans 2:16

    in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men, according to my gospel, by Jesus Christ.