KJV King James Version
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
WEB World English Bible
But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
ASV American Standard Version
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
Surrounding context — Matthew 5
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 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.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have [thy] cloke also.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἔστωG1510 · eimito beδὲG1161 · dethenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγοςG3056 · logoswordὑμῶνG4771 · suyouναὶG3483 · naiyesναί,G3483 · naiyesοὒG3756 · ounoοὔ·G3756 · ounoτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenπερισσὸνG4053 · perissosexcessiveτούτωνG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἐκG1537 · ekout fromτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoπονηροῦG4190 · ponērosevil/badἐστιν.¶G1510 · eimito be
Cross-references
James 5:12But 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 4:6Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;2 Corinthians 1:17-20When 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 8:44Ye 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.Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep [you] from evil.Matthew 13:19When 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.Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.Matthew 13:38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];1 John 2:13I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.Matthew 15:19For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:1 John 3:12Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.John 17:15I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
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