Matthew 12:36
And I say to you that every idle word that men may speak, they will give for it a reckoning in [the] day of judgment;
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Ecclesiastes 12:14For every work God brings into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether good or bad.”
Ephesians 6:4And the fathers: do not provoke your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the LORD.
Revelation 20:12and 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;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:23-38
The Sin against the Holy Ghost. 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or… Read the whole commentary →