Matthew 12:36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. They are words that issue out of a condition of idleness. 1. Tattling. Tattling dims the charity of the charitable mind as a spider dims the light of a window, spinning his web over it. 2. Tale-bearing. 3. "Slang" conversation. Slang is to language what profanity is to reverence. 4. Boasting. 5. Swearing. (H. W. Beecher.) Parallel Verses KJV: But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.WEB: I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. |
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