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
Then purposing this, did I indeed use lightness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose them according to the flesh, so that with me there should be yes, yes, and no, no?
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be always with grace, having been seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
James 5:12
But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, lest you fall into condemnation.
Cometh
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown by the wayside.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies;
John 8:44
You are of the Devil as father, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore putting away lying, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, having put off the old man with his deeds
James 5:12
But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, lest you fall into condemnation.