Matthew 12:36 (KJV)

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But I say unto you That every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment
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every. Ec 12:14 Ro 2:16 Eph 6:4-6 Jude 1:14 Jude 1:15 Re 20:12

idle word.[Rhema ,] [argos ,] i.e., [ergo--work/act/deed,] from a, privative, and [ergon ,] work, a word that produces no good effect, and is not calculated to produce any. "Discourse," says Dr. Doddridge, "tending to innocent mirth, to exhilarate the spirits, is not idle discourse; as the time spent in necessary recreation is not idle time."

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