Matthew 12:36

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

I tell you, on the day of judgment you will have to give an account for every careless word you utter,

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:14

For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Matthew 10:15

Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Matthew 11:22

But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

Matthew 12:37

for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Romans 14:12

So then, each one of us will be held accountable.

Romans 2:16

on the day when, according to my gospel, God through Christ Jesus judges the secret thoughts of all.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works, as recorded in the books.