Matthew 5:37

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

Colossians 3:9

lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

Matthew 13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.

Matthew 13:38

and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;

1 John 5:18

We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

Matthew 6:13

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

1 John 2:13

I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

1 John 3:12

not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

John 17:15

I pray not that thou shouldest take them from the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil one.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

Matthew 5:36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Ephesians 6:16

withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.