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Matthew 12:36 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verse 36
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.Matthew 12:36 · King James Version
Matthew 12:36 in context
34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
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Key words (Strong's)
- accountlogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- idleargosfree from labour, at leisure, lazy, shunning the labour which one ought to performG692 →
- wordrhēmathat which is or has been uttered by the living voice, thing spoken, word, any sound…G4487 →
- giveapodidōmito deliver, to give away for one s own profit what is one s own, to sell, to pay off…G591 →
- saylegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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In these verses we have, I. Christ's glorious conquest of Satan, in the gracious cure of one who, by the divine permission, was under his power, and in his possession, Mat 12:22. Here observe, 1. The man's case was very sad; he was possessed with a devil.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-37