Matthew 5:37

The Sermon On The Mount: Taking Oaths

³⁶ nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black; ³⁷ but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil. ³⁸ 'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

Evil One

Devil

No

James 5:12

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

Matthew 13:19

Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

Matthew 13:38

and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

Matthew 15:19

for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

John 8:44

Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

John 17:15

I do not ask that Thou mayest take them out of the world, but that Thou mayest keep them out of the evil.

2 Corinthians 1:17-20

This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may be with me Yes, yes, and No, no?

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his practices,

Colossians 4:6

your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

2 Thessalonians 3:3

and stedfast is the Lord, who shall establish you, and shall guard you from the evil;

1 John 2:13

I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who is from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father:

1 John 3:12

not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

1 John 5:18

We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

Matthew 6:13

And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.