Matthew 5:37

Tree of Life Version

But let your word ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’—anything more than this is from the evil one.”

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one having been sown along the road.

Matthew 13:38

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

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and slander.

Matthew 5:36

And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

John 17:15

I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You 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. Whenever he speaks lies he is just being himself—for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

So lay aside lying and “each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.

Ephesians 6:16

Above all, take up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to one another. After all, you have taken off the old self with its practices

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, to know how you ought to answer everyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is trustworthy—and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.

James 5:12

But above all, my dear brothers and sisters, 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”—so that you may not fall under judgment.

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the One who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, while his brother’s were righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; rather, the One born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot touch him.