Matthew 5:37

Weymouth NT

But let your language be, `Yes, yes,' or `No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world; the good seed–these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.

Matthew 5:36

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

Matthew 6:13

and bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the Evil one.'

John 17:15

I do not ask that Thou wilt remove them out of the world, but that Thou wilt protect them from the Evil one.

John 8:44

The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth–for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

For this reason, laying aside falsehood, every one of you should speak the truth to his fellow man; for we are, as it were, parts of one another.

Ephesians 6:16

And besides all these take the great shield of faith, on which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the Wicked one;

Colossians 3:9

Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings,

Colossians 4:6

Let your language be always seasoned with the salt of grace, so that you may know how to give every man a fitting answer.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, and He will make you stedfast and will guard you from the Evil one.

James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your `yes' be simply `yes,' and your `no' be simply `no;' that you may not come under condemnation.

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

1 John 3:12

We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that no one who is a child of God lives in sin, but He who is God's Child keeps him, and the Evil one cannot touch him.