Matthew 12:37

New International Version

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”