"But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." — Matthew 5:37

Matthew 5:37 · KJV

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

— Matthew 5:37

Verse 36

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Verse 38

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Matthew 5 — Context

Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

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

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Cross References

James 5:12

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and {your} nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

2 Corinthians 1:17-20

When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

John 8:44

Ye are of {your} father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. {of his own: or, from his own will or disposition}

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep {you} from evil.

Matthew 13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth {it} not, then cometh the wicked {one}, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.