Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Bible References

Every

Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Romans 2:16
on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, don’t stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Jude 1:14
And Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them:

Look! The Lord comes
with thousands of His holy ones
Revelation 20:12
I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.

General references

Proverbs 13:3
The one who guards his mouth protects his life;
the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Mark 7:20
Then He said, “What comes out of a person—that defiles him.
Romans 14:12
So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

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