Matthew 5:37

Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.

Cross References (15)

  • James 5:12 (49)

    Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and you

  • Colossians 4:6 (24)

    Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

  • Colossians 3:9 (20)

    Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

  • 2 Corinthians 1:17–20 (18)

    When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also

  • John 8:44 (15)

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refus

  • Ephesians 4:25 (13)

    Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (7)

    But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

  • Matthew 13:19 (6)

    When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was s

  • 1 John 5:18 (4)

    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one can

  • Matthew 13:38 (4)

    The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

  • Matthew 6:13 (4)

    And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

  • 1 John 2:13 (2)

    I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because yo

  • Matthew 15:19 (0)

    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

  • John 17:15 (0)

    I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

  • 1 John 3:12 (0)

    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own d