Matthew 5:37

Holman Christian Standard Bible

But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.

Cross References

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 sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

Matthew 15:19

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

Matthew 5:36

Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Matthew 6:13

And do not bring us 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 am not praying that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one.

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 has not stood 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 liars.

Ephesians 4:25

Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

Ephesians 6:16

In every situation take the shield of faith, and with it you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Colossians 3:9

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

Colossians 4:6

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

2 Thessalonians 3:3

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

James 5:12

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.

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 had victory over 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 works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

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.