Matthew 12:37

Matthew 12:37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

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Job 15:6
Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you.

Psalms 39:1
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:2
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.

Proverbs 13:3
He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

James 1:19
So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

James 3:4
Behold, the ships also, though they are so big and are driven by fierce winds, are yet guided by a very small rudder, wherever the pilot desires.

James 3:10
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

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Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.

Malachi 3:13
“Your words have been harsh against me,” says Yahweh. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’

Malachi 3:14
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ and ‘What profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?

Malachi 3:15
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

Malachi 3:16
Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared Yahweh and who honored his name.

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Matthew 12:38
Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

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James 2:25
In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

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