Matthew 5:37

English Majority Text Version

But let your word be 'Yes', 'yes,' ; or 'No,' 'no.' For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed being sown beside the road.

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 the evil one.

Matthew 15:19

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

Matthew 5:36

Nor shall you swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

John 17:15

I do not ask that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you desire to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, having put off falsehood, "Let each one speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another.

Ephesians 6:16

above all, taking up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another, since you have stripped off the old man with his practices,

Colossians 4:6

Let your word always be with grace, having been seasoned with salt, to know how you ought to answer each one.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

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

James 5:12

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your "Yes," be "Yes," and your "No," "No," so that you may not fall into hypocrisy.

1 John 2:13

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

1 John 3:12

not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil and the works of his brother were righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that everyone begotten of God does not sin; but he that was begotten of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.