Matthew 5:37

Modern English Version

But let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these comes from the evil one.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

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

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world, and the good seed are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of the evil one.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, and blasphemies.

Matthew 5:36

Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot 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 pray 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 you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore, putting away lying, let every man speak truthfully with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

Ephesians 6:16

and above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you will be able to extinguish all the fiery arrows of the evil one.

Colossians 3:9

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

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you should answer everyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

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

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No,” that you do not fall into condemnation.

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known 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 known the Father.

1 John 3:12

not like Cain, who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s works were righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that whoever is born of God does not keep on sinning. But whoever has been born of God guards himself, and the wicked one cannot touch him.