Matthew 5:37 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁷ Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ Let your Yes be simply Yes, and your No be simply No; anything more than that comes from the evil one. [Lev. 19:12; Num. 30:2; Deut. 23:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

Common English Bible

³⁷ Let your yes mean yes, and your no mean no. Anything more than this comes from the evil one.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ But let your word 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and 'No' mean 'No.' For anything beyond that is of evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

Matthew 5:37 Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one,

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

Matthew 5:36

And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

John 17:15

I do not pray that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away falsehood, let every one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Ephesians 6:16

besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its practices

Colossians 4:6

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

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from evil.

James 5:12

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no be no, that you may not fall under condemnation.

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.

1 John 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that any one born of God does not sin, but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.