Matthew 5:37

A Conservative Version

But let your word be, Yes, yes, No, no. And anything beyond these is from evil.

Cross References

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, swear not. Neither by the heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and the no, no, so that ye may not fall into hypocrisy.

Colossians 4:6

your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,

John 8:44

Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore having put off falsehood, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of each other.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and will keep you from evil.

Matthew 13:19

Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

Matthew 13:38

and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil.

1 John 5:18

We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.

Matthew 6:13

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.

1 John 2:13

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father.

1 John 3:12

Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.

John 17:15

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

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, FALSE witnessings, revilings.

Matthew 5:36

Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black.

Ephesians 6:16

Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil.