Matthew 5:37 “Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more com…”

Matthew 5:37

Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euill.

Darby Translation

But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.

Young's Literal Translation

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

Bible in Basic English

But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

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Cross references

“let”

James 5:12 Colossians 4:6 2 Corinthians 1:17–20

James 5:12 · BSB

Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

Colossians 4:6 · BSB

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

2 Corinthians 1:17–20 · BSB

When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?

“cometh”

Colossians 3:9 John 8:44 Ephesians 4:25 Matthew 13:19 Matthew 15:19

Colossians 3:9 · BSB

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

John 8:44 · BSB

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native langua…

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Matthew 13:19 · BSB

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

Matthew 15:19 · BSB

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

Also

2 Thessalonians 3:3 1 John 5:18 Matthew 6:13 Matthew 13:38 1 John 2:13 John 17:15

2 Thessalonians 3:3 · BSB

But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

1 John 5:18 · BSB

We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

Matthew 6:13 · BSB

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

Matthew 13:38 · BSB

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

1 John 2:13 · BSB

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. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

John 17:15 · BSB

I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

36Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

38You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’

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