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Matthew 5:37

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

Matthew 5:37 BSB
  1. a Or from evil

Matthew 5:37 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to James 5:12 (52 votes) and Colossians 4:6 (26 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 42 to 1 John 5.

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Which verses does Matthew 5:37 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. James 5:1252 votes

    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.

  2. Colossians 4:626 votes

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

  3. Colossians 3:921 votes

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

  4. 2 Corinthians 1:17–2019 votes

    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”? But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” …

  5. John 8:4416 votes

    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 language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

  6. Ephesians 4:2514 votes

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

  7. 2 Thessalonians 3:39 votes

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

  8. Matthew 13:196 votes

    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.

  9. Matthew 6:134 votes

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

  10. Matthew 13:384 votes

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

  11. 1 John 5:184 votes
  12. 1 John 2:133 votes
  13. John 17:151 vote
  14. Matthew 15:190 votes
  15. 1 John 3:120 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 5:37?

The 10 strongest of 12.