Matthew 5:37

First Nations Version

Your simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ is enough. To say more is to speak with a forked tongue like the evil trickster snake.

Cross References

James 5:12

The chief thing I want to say to you, my sacred family members, is that you are not to make solemn promises. Do not promise by the spirit-world above, or by the earth below, or make a solemn promise in any other way. Your simple “yes” or “no” is enough. You may be found guilty if you say more.

Colossians 4:6

Think before you speak and let your words be clear. Then, like salt that brings out the good flavor, you will know how to give each person the right answer.

Colossians 3:9

So stop lying to each other and speaking with forked tongues! These bad-hearted ways must come to an end, for they no longer represent who you are. The person you were has died, so quit walking the path like that worn-out person you used to be.

John 8:44

Your father is Accuser (Satan), the evil trickster. You are doing what he wants, for he was the first to take the life of another. He stands outside of the truth, because truth has no home in him. He speaks with a forked tongue and twists his words. His lies show who he truly is. He is a liar and the father of all that is false.

Ephesians 4:25

We are all members of one body—one tribe—so we must speak truth and be honest with each other, leaving the path of falsehood far behind.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But our Honored Chief is trustworthy. He will set your feet on solid ground and protect you from the evil one.

Matthew 13:19

“The seed in this story is the message from the Great Spirit about his good road. “The seed planted on the village pathway represents the ones who hear but do not understand the message. The evil trickster sneaks up and snatches it from their hearts.

Matthew 13:38

“The garden is all the nations of the world. The good seeds are the children of the good road. The weeds are the children of the worthless ways of the world,

1 John 5:18

We know that all who have the Great Spirit as their Father do not continue to walk in broken ways. They are kept safe by the Son, who fully represents his Father, and the evil one cannot harm them.

Matthew 6:13

“Guide us away from the things that tempt us to stray from your good road, and set us free from the evil one and his worthless ways. Aho! May it be so!

1 John 2:13

I write to you elders because you have known the one who was there from the beginning. I write to you young ones because you have won the victory over the evil trickster.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Spear Maker (Cain), who gave himself to the ways of the evil trickster and killed his own brother. Why did he kill him? Because what he was doing was wrong, and what his brother was doing was right.

John 17:15

I am not asking you to remove them from the world but that you keep them safe from the evil one and his ways.

Matthew 15:19

It is from the heart that come things such as the taking of lives, unfaithful marriages, uncontrolled sexual desires, stealing, lying, and speaking against the Great Spirit.

Matthew 5:36

Do not even say, ‘I promise by my own head.’ Can you make even one hair on your head become white or black?

Ephesians 6:16

Then you must raise high the shield of trusting in Creator. This shield will put out the flaming arrows of the evil one. Do not forget to