Matthew 5:37
but be your word, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; and that that is more than these, is of evil. (but let your words be, Yes, yes; No, no; and anything more than this, cometh from the Evil One.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 thou shalt swear by thine head, for thou mayest not make one hair white, or black;
38Ye have heard that it hath been said, Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13and lead us not into temptation (or and do not bring us to the test), but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Matthew 13:38the field is the world; but the good seed, these be the sons of the kingdom, but (the) tares, these be (the) evil children, [or forsooth (the) darnels, or (the) cockles, these be (the) sons of the wicked (one)];
John 8:44Ye be of the father, the devil, and ye will do the desires of your father. He was a manslayer from the beginning, and he stood not in (the) truth; for (the) truth is not in him. When he speaketh leasing, he speaketh of his own; for he is a liar, and (the) father of it, (or When he speaketh lies, he speaketh his own language; for he is a liar, and the father of them).
2 Corinthians 1:17But when I would (do) this thing, whether I used unsteadfastness, either those things that I think, I think after the flesh, (so) that at me be, it is and it is not? [+Forsooth when I would (do) this thing, whether I used lightness, either unsteadfastness, or those things that I think, I think after the flesh, (so) that there be at me, is and is not, or yea and nay?]
Colossians 3:9Do not ye lie, [or gab], together; despoil ye you (rselves) from the old man with his deeds,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is true, that shall confirm you, and shall keep [us] 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 →