Matthew 12:36
But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
37For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.
Ephesians 6:4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.
Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, both great and small stand before God: and the bookes were opened, and another booke was opened, which is the booke of life, and the dead were iudged of those thinges, which were written in the bookes, according to their woorkes.
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 →