Matthew 5:37

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

With anyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, evil comes and carries away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received the seed by the side of the road.

Matthew 13:38

Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart go out evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.

Matthew 5:36

Neither shall you swear an oath by your own head, because you are not able to cause one hair to become white or black.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.

John 17:15

I am not praying that you would take them out of the world, but that you would preserve them from evil.

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

Because of this, setting aside lying, speak the truth, each one with his neighbor. For we are all part of one another.

Ephesians 6:16

In all things, take up the shield of faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked one.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But God is faithful. He will strengthen you, and he will guard you from evil.

James 5:12

But before all things, my brothers, do not choose to swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor in any other oath. But let your word 'Yes' be yes, and your word 'No' be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, adolescents, because you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother's works were just.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone who is born of God does not sin. Instead, rebirth in God preserves him, and the evil one cannot touch him.