Matthew 12:36
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 12:14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.
Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.
Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, 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 →