Matthew 5:37

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Jas 5:12 : 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.
  • Matt 13:19 : 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.
  • Matt 13:38 : 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
  • 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 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? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
  • Col 3:9 : 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
  • 2 Thess 3:3 : 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
  • Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
  • John 8:44 : 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.
  • John 17:15 : 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
  • 1 John 2:13 : 13 I 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.
  • 1 John 5:18 : 18 We 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.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And 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 3:12 : 12 Not 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.

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  • Jas 5:12
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    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.

  • Matt 5:38-40
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    76%

    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.

  • Matt 5:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:

    34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

  • Matt 5:36
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    36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

  • 2 Cor 1:17-19
    3 verses
    71%

    17 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?

    18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

    19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

  • Matt 12:33-37
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    33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

    34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

    35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

    36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

    37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

  • Zech 8:17
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    17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.

  • Matt 5:26-27
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    26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

    27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

  • Eccl 5:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

    6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy li from speaking guile.

  • Eph 4:29
    69%

    29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

  • Matt 5:20-22
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    68%

    20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

    21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

    22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

  • Prov 30:6
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    6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reove thee, and thou be found a liar.

  • Deut 5:20
    68%

    20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Matt 6:23
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    23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Matt 19:18
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    18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

  • Ps 50:19
    68%

    19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • 1 Pet 3:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

    10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

  • Luke 6:45
    67%

    45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

  • Eph 5:6
    67%

    6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

  • Lev 19:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

    12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

  • Deut 19:20
    67%

    20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

  • Jas 3:10
    67%

    10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

  • Rom 3:4
    67%

    4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

  • Eccl 5:2
    67%

    2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

  • 1 Cor 15:33
    67%

    33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

  • Exod 20:16
    66%

    16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • Matt 5:43
    66%

    43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

  • Matt 15:19
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    19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

  • 1 Thess 5:15
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    15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

  • Rom 14:16
    66%

    16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

  • 1 Thess 5:22
    66%

    22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

  • Matt 15:5
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    5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;