Matthew 5:37
But let your statements be, Yes for yes; No for no: for whatever is more than these comes from the evil one.
Revised King James 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
36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.
38You have heard that it has been 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 are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the wicked one;
John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature: for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
2 Corinthians 1:17When I planned this, did I do it lightly? or the things that I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, that I should say yes, yes when I may mean no, no?
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds;
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep 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 →