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Yes Be Yes James 5:12 ESV / 23 helpful votes But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.Matthew 5:37 ESV / 20 helpful votes Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.James 5:1-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. …Matthew 5:33-37 ESV / 10 helpful votes “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 8 helpful votes Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. …1 John 4:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.John 3:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.Numbers 30:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.Leviticus 19:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.Genesis 2:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.1 John 3:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.John 1:1-51 ESV / 4 helpful votes In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. …James 4:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.James 3:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?John 13:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.Mark 13:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death.Mark 11:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.Mark 9:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”Mark 1:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,Matthew 13:1-58 ESV / 3 helpful votes That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds
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