Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.
Can any of you add a single cubit to his height by worrying?
Can any of you add a cubit to his height by worrying?