Matthew 12:36 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak.

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.

Common English Bible

I tell you that people will have to answer on Judgment Day for every useless word they speak.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But I say to you, that for every idle word which men will have spoken, they shall render an account in the day of judgment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Matthew 12:36 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:14

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

Matthew 10:15

Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgement, than for that city.

Matthew 11:22

Howbeit I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgement, than for you.

Matthew 12:37

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

Romans 14:12

So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Romans 2:16

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

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 is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.