Matthew 12:36

First Nations Version

But I tell you, when the day comes for the final decision, human beings will have to give an answer for every worthless word spoken.

Cross References

Romans 2:16

The good story that I tell says there will come a day when the Knower of Hearts, through Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, will bring to light what is good and bad about the secrets hidden in every human heart.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, both small and great, standing before his seat of honor. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of life. The fate of the dead was decided by what was written down in the books, according to what they had done.

Matthew 10:15

The truth is, on the day when the fate of that village is decided, it will be worse for them than it was for Village of Bad Spirits (Sodom) and Village of Deep Fear (Gomorrah).

Matthew 11:22

So then, it will be worse for you in the day when you face your end.

Matthew 12:37

The words that come out from your hearts will decide for or against you when you stand before the Great Spirit.”

Romans 14:12

So then, each of us must give an answer to the Great Spirit for how we have walked on this earth.

James 3:6

and the tongue is itself a flame of fire. The tongue is a world full of evil and spreads its poison throughout the body. The words spoken by the tongue have the power to set on fire the very circle of life itself, and its flames come from the Valley of Smoldering Fire.