Matthew 5:36
neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
In Context
35nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King:
37But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no; for whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
Cross References
Matthew 23:16Alas for you, blind guides! who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, becomes a debtor.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:34-38
The Sermon on the Mount. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for… Read the whole commentary →