Matthew 5:37 - New International Version (Anglicised)

³⁷ All you need to say is simply “Yes,” or “No”; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ Let your Yes be simply Yes, and your No be simply No; anything more than that comes from the evil one. [Lev. 19:12; Num. 30:2; Deut. 23:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

Common English Bible

³⁷ Let your yes mean yes, and your no mean no. Anything more than this comes from the evil one.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ But let your word 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and 'No' mean 'No.' For anything beyond that is of evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

Matthew 5:37 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 13:19

when anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

Matthew 15:19

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

Matthew 5:36

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

Matthew 6:13

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

John 17:15

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body.

Ephesians 6:16

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices

Colossians 4:6

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

James 5:12

Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear – not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Otherwise you will be condemned.

1 John 2:13

I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him 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 belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them.