Matthew 5:37
But let your word be ken, ken (yes, yes) or lo, lo (no, no), but anything beyond this is lashon horah.
Orthodox Jewish 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
36Neither are you to swear by your rosh, for you are not able to make one hair turn white or black.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13V'al tvi'einu lidey nisayon (And lead us not into temptation), + 6:13 Mt 26:41 ki im chaltzeinu min harah (but deliver us from evil). + 6:13 Ki l'chah hamamlachah (for thine is the Kingdom) vhagvurah (and the power) vhatiferet (and the glory) l'olmei olamim (forever). Omein
Matthew 13:38The field is HaOlam Hazeh. And the zera tov, the good seed, these are the Bnei HaMalchut, and the weeds, these are the bnei HaRah + 13:38 Gn 3:15 (sons of the Evil one).
John 8:44You are from the Av of you, HaSatan, + 8:44 Gn 3:4-5; Ps 58:3 [4] and the ta'avot of your Av you want to do, for that one was a rotze'ach from Bereshis, and he has not taken a stand in HaEmes, because HaEmes is not in him. When he speaks the sheker, he speaks naturally, because he is a shakran (liar) and the av of it. + 8:44 Gn 3:4; 2Chr 18:21; Ps 5:6; 12:2
2 Corinthians 1:17This was my matarah (aim, goal); surely then I did not act with vacillation? Or when I make plans, + 1:17 2C 5:16 do I have a cheshbon according to the basar, ready with “Ken, Ken!” and then, “Lo! Lo!”
Colossians 3:9Do not speak sheker to one another, having disrobed from the Adam hakadmoni (old + 3:9 unregenerated humanity) with his ma'asim (works),
2 Thessalonians 3:3But Ne'eman (Faithful) is Hashem who gives you chozek (strength) and is shomer over you, guarding 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 →