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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Matthew 12:36

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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every: Ecc 12:14; Rom 2:16; Eph 6:4-6; Jde 1:14, Jde 1:15; Rev 20:12 idle word: Ρημα \[Strong's G4487\], αργος \[Strong's G692\], i.e., ἀεργον - (work, act, deed) from α, privative, and εργον \[Strong's G2041\], 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. Matthew 12:37
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