Matthew 5:37
But let your language be, Yes, yes; or No, no; for whatever is beyond these proceedeth from evil.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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
38Ye have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever: Amen.
Matthew 13:38And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked One.
John 8:44Ye are of your father, the calumniator; and the lust of your father ye are disposed to do. He was from the beginning a manslayer, and abode not in the truth; for the truth is not in him, and when he speaketh a lie he speaketh from himself, for he is a liar, and the father of it.
2 Corinthians 1:17When therefore I thus purposed, did I purpose as one inconsiderate? Or, were the things I purposed, things of the flesh; so that there should be in them Yes, yes, and No, no?
Colossians 3:9and lie not one to another; but put off the old man, with all his practices;
2 Thessalonians 3:3And faithful is the Lord, who will keep you and rescue 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 →