Matthew 5:37
But let your language be, Yea, yea; Nay; nay; for whatever is more than these cometh of evil.
Noyes Bible
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, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.
38Ye 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 evil.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the Evil One;
John 8:44Ye are of your father the Devil, and what your father desireth ye are ready to do. He was a murderer from the beginning; and he abideth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
2 Corinthians 1:17Having, then, this purpose, did I act with levity? Or in my purposes do I resolve according to the flesh, that with me there should be now yea, yea, and now 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.
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 →