Matthew 5:37
But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.
Darby Translation
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 shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
38Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.
Matthew 13:38and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one];
John 8:44Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its father:
2 Corinthians 1:17Having therefore this purpose, did I then use lightness? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to flesh, that there should be with me yea yea, and nay nay?
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you and keep [you] from evil.
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 →