Matthew 5:37
But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is more than these comes of evil.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
36Nor shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
38Ye heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil[6:13].
Matthew 13:38The field is the world. 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 your father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abides not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own; because he is a liar, and the father of it.
2 Corinthians 1:17When therefore I purposed this, did I act with levity? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea, yea, and the nay, nay?
Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But faithful is the Lord, who will establish you, and guard you from evil[3:3].
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 →