Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.(Matthew 12:33)

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.(Matthew 12:34)

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.(Matthew 12:35)

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.(Matthew 12:37)

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.(Matthew 12:38)

But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:(Matthew 12:39)

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Matthew 12:36 - Cross Reference

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:14)

And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. (Revelation 20:12)

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, (Jude 1:14)

In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. (Romans 2:16)