Matthew 5:37

The Sermon On The Mount: Taking Oaths

³⁶ Nor, by thine own head, mayest thou swear, because thou art not able to make, one hair, white or black. ³⁷ But let your word be, Yea, yea, - Nay, nay; and, what goeth beyond these, is, of evil. ³⁸ Ye have heard, that it was said, - Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.

Evil One

Devil

No

James 5:12

But, before all things, my brethren, do not swear, - either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, - lest, under judgment, ye fall.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the wicked one cometh, and catcheth up that which hath been sown in his heart, - this, is he, by the pathway, sown.

Matthew 13:38

And, the field, is the world, and, the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, - and, the darnel seeds, are the sons of the evil one;

Matthew 15:19

For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs, - murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:

John 8:44

Ye, are, of your father - the adversary, and, the covetings of your father, ye choose to be doing. He, was, a murderer, from the beginning, and, in the truth, he stood not; because truth is not in him: Whensoever he speaketh falsehood, of his own, he speaketh; because, false, he is, and, the father of it.

John 17:15

I request not, that thou wouldst take them out of the world, but that thou wouldst keep them out of the evil:

2 Corinthians 1:17-20

This, then, being my purpose, perhaps, after all, with lightness, I dealt with the matter ? or, the things that I purpose, according to the flesh, I purpose, - that, with me, should be the Yea, yea, and the Nay, nay?

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Colossians 3:9

Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices,

Colossians 4:6

Your discourse being always with benefit, with salt, seasoned, - that ye may know how it behoveth you, unto each one, to be making answer.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

Faithful, is the Lord, - who will confirm you, and guard you from the wicked one:

1 John 2:13

I write unto you, fathers, because ye understand him who was from the beginning: I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye understand the Father:

1 John 3:12

Not just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother! And, for what cause, slew he him? Because, his works, were, wicked, whereas, those of his brother, were, righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that, whosoever hath been born of God, is not committing sin, - Nay, he that hath been born of God, He keepeth him, and, the wicked one, doth not touch him.

Matthew 6:13

And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.