Matthew 12:37

The Passion Translation

Your very words will be used as evidence, and your words will declare you either innocent or guilty.”

Cross References

Proverbs 13:3

Guard your words and you’ll guard your life, but if you don’t control your tongue, it will ruin everything.

Proverbs 18:21

Your words are so powerful that they will kill or give life, and the talkative person will reap the consequences.

Matthew 12:36

You can be sure of this: when the day of judgment comes, everyone will be held accountable for every careless word he has spoken.

Matthew 12:38

Then a few Jewish scholars and Pharisees spoke up and said, “Teacher, why don’t you perform a miraculous sign for us.”