Matthew 5:37
But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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.
38You have heard that it hath been 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 evil. Amen.
Matthew 13:38And the field, is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle, are the children 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 he stood not in the truth; because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
2 Corinthians 1:17Whereas then I was thus minded, did I use lightness? Or, the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that there should be with me, It is, and It is not?
Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another: stripping yourselves of the old man with his deeds,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But God is faithful, who will strengthen 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 →