Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Bible References
Let
2 Corinthians 1:17
Was it vacillating of me to want to do that? Do I make my plans like a worldly man, ready to say "Yes" and "No" in the same breath?
Colossians 4:6
Always put your message attractively, and yet pointedly, and be prepared to give every inquirer a fitting answer.
James 5:12
Above all, my brothers, do not swear an oath, either by heaven or by the earth, or by anything else; let your "Yes" be a plain Yes, and your "No" a plain No, or you will fall under condemnation.
Cometh
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come wicked designs, murder, adultery, immorality, stealing, false witness, impious speech.
John 8:44
The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.
Ephesians 4:25
So you must lay aside falsehood and each tell his neighbor the truth, for we are parts of one another.
Colossians 3:9
You must not lie to one another. For you have stripped off your old self with its ways
James 5:12
Above all, my brothers, do not swear an oath, either by heaven or by the earth, or by anything else; let your "Yes" be a plain Yes, and your "No" a plain No, or you will fall under condemnation.