Matthew 5:37

Good News Translation

Just say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’—anything else you say comes from the Evil One.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One;

Matthew 15:19

For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others.

Matthew 5:36

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

Matthew 6:13

Do not bring us to hard testing, but keep us safe from the Evil One.’

John 17:15

I do not ask you to take them out of the world, but I do ask you to keep them safe from the Evil One.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Ephesians 4:25

No more lying, then! Each of you must tell the truth to the other believer, because we are all members together in the body of Christ.

Ephesians 6:16

At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One.

Colossians 3:9

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

Colossians 4:6

Your speech should always be pleasant and interesting, and you should know how to give the right answer to everyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and keep you safe from the Evil One.

James 5:12

Above all, my friends, do not use an oath when you make a promise. Do not swear by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Say only “Yes” when you mean yes, and “No” when you mean no, and then you will not come under God's judgment.

1 John 2:13

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

1 John 5:18

We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them.