Matthew 5:37
but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil [one].
Literal Standard Version
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 may you swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black;
38You heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And may You not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one], because Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory—for all ages. Amen.
Matthew 13:38and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,
John 8:44You are of a father—the Devil, and the desires of your father you will to do; he was a manslayer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, he speaks of his own, because he is a liar—also his father.
2 Corinthians 1:17This, therefore, intending, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, [did] I counsel according to the flesh, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his practices,
2 Thessalonians 3:3but faithful is the LORD who will establish you, and will guard [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 →