1. By Your Words
Matthew 12:33-37
By David Dann

2. By Your Words
Matthew 12:37
37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

3. By Your Words Matthew 12:22-24
22 Then one was brought to Him who was demon-possessed, blind and mute; and He healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
23 And all the multitudes were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"
24 Now when the Pharisees heard it they said, "This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons."

4. By Your Words Matthew 12:33-35
33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
34 "Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

5. By Your Words Matthew 12:36-37
36 "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

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7. By Your Words
Words Are Powerful

8. By Your Words Words Are Powerful Matthew 12:34-35
34 "Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

9. By Your Words Words Are Powerful Proverbs 27:19
19 As in water face reflects face, So a man's heart reveals the man.

10. By Your Words Words Are Powerful Matthew 5:8
8 Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.

11. By Your Words Words Are Powerful Proverbs 26:28
28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

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13. By Your Words
Words May Justify You

14. By Your Words Words May Justify You Matthew 12:37
37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

15. By Your Words Words May Justify You Ephesians 4:29
29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

16. By Your Words Words May Justify You Colossians 4:6
6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

17. By Your Words Words May Justify You Titus 1:13
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith…

18. Justified (Gr. dikaioo)
By Your Words
Words May Justify You
Justified (Gr. dikaioo)
“to declare to be righteous, to pronounce righteous” (Vine’s Expository Dictionary, 339).

19. By Your Words Words May Justify You Matthew 12:37
37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

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21. By Your Words
Words May Condemn You

22. By Your Words Words May Condemn You Matthew 12:37
37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

23. By Your Words Words May Condemn You James 3:6-7
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.

24. By Your Words Words May Condemn You James 3:8-10
8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

25. By Your Words Words May Condemn You Ephesians 4:25, 31
25 Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another…
31 …Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.

26. By Your Words Words May Condemn You Ephesians 5:3-4
3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
4 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

27. By Your Words Words May Condemn You Proverbs 26:20, 22
20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases…
22 …The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.

28. By Your Words Words May Condemn You Jude 16
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage.

29. Profanity & Euphemisms
By Your Words
Words May Condemn You
“Gosh”
“Darn”
“Heck”
“Gee”
“OMG”
“LMAO”
Profanity & Euphemisms

30. Condemned (Gr. katadikazo)
By Your Words
Words May Condemn You
Condemned (Gr. katadikazo)
“to pronounce judgment against, to condemn” (Vine’s Expository Dictionary, 119).

31. By Your Words Words May Condemn You Matthew 12:37
37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

32. By Your Words Words Are Powerful. Words May Justify You.
Words May Condemn You.

33. Watch Those Words!!!