Matthew 5:37
But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no; for whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
In Context
36neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black.
38You have heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One.
Matthew 13:38the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are the sons of the Wicked One;
John 8:44You are of your father, the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks that which is false, he speaks from what is his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
2 Corinthians 1:17In forming this purpose, did I, therefore, behave with levity? or do I purpose what I purpose, according to the flesh, that there may be with me, yes yes, and no, no?
Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you, and keep you from the evil one.
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 →