Matthew 5:37

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But let your “yes” mean “yes,” and your “no” mean “no”. Anything more than this is from the evil one.

Cross References

James 5:12

Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath.  But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no,’ so that you won’t fall under judgement.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt,  so that you may know how you should answer each person.

Colossians 3:9

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

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil,   and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer   from the beginning   and does not stand in the truth,   because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,   because he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away  lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbour,   , because we are members of one another.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

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

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; and the good seed #– #these are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him,  , and the evil one does not touch him.

Matthew 6:13

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

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain,  who was of the evil one  and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

John 17:15

I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies,   slander.

Matthew 5:36

Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Ephesians 6:16

In every situation take up the shield  of faith  with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.