Matthew 12:37

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.””

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BSBPD

“For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 12:37 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
  2. James 2:21Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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