Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euill.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 sweare by thine head, because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke.
38Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And leade vs not into tentation, but deliuer vs from euill: for thine is the kingdome, and the power, and the glorie for euer. Amen.
Matthew 13:38And the field is the worlde, and the good seede are the children of the kingdome, and the tares are the children of that wicked one.
John 8:44Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
2 Corinthians 1:17When I therefore was thus minded, did I vse lightnesse? or minde I those thinges which I minde, according to the flesh, that with me should be, Yea, yea, and Nay, nay?
Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that yee haue put off the olde man with his workes,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithfull, which wil stablish you, and keepe you from euill.
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 →