Matthew 12:36

New International Reader's Version

But here is what I tell you. On judgment day, everyone will have to account for every empty word they have spoken.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:14

God will judge everything people do. That includes everything they try to hide. He’ll judge everything, whether it’s good or evil.

Matthew 10:15

What I’m about to tell you is true. On judgment day it will be easier for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you this. On judgment day it will be easier for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Matthew 12:37

By your words you will be found guilty or not guilty.”

Romans 14:12

So we will all have to explain to God the things we have done.

Romans 2:16

This will happen on the day God appoints Jesus Christ to judge people’s secret thoughts. That’s part of my good news.

James 3:6

The tongue is also a fire. The tongue is the most evil part of the body. It makes the whole body impure. It sets a person’s whole way of life on fire. And the tongue itself is set on fire by hell.

Revelation 20:12

I saw the dead, great and small, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened. Then another book was opened. It was the book of life. The dead were judged by what they had done. The things they had done were written in the books.