Matthew 12:35-37
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r The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.
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I tell you, s on the day of judgment t people will give account for u every careless word they speak,
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for v by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
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Matthew 12:34
You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Ephesians 5:4
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
2 Peter 1:8
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Romans 14:12
So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.
1 Peter 4:5
But they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
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Acts 17:31
Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
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Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, 'You fool!' will be liable to the hell of fire.
James 3:2 - 12
For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.
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