Matthew 5:37
"But let your word be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’;anything beyond this comes from the Evil One.
Montgomery New Testament
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
36"Nor must you swear by your head, since you cannot make one hair white or black.
38"You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the Evil One; For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. Amen.
Matthew 13:38"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One.
John 8:44"You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a man-slayer from the very beginning; and he has no standing place in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he utters a lie, he speaks from his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lying.
2 Corinthians 1:17In purposing this did I display "caprice"? Or what I purpose do I purpose in a worldly way,so that it may mean either "Yes, yes," or "No, no"?
Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful; he will stablish you and 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 →