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Yes Mean Yes Matthew 5:37 ESV / 55 helpful votes Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.James 5:12 ESV / 45 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 5:33-37 ESV / 35 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.Hebrews 6:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 10 helpful votes Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.Matthew 5:34 ESV / 9 helpful votes But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,Isaiah 5:1-30 ESV / 8 helpful votes Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. …2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,Matthew 5:33 ESV / 5 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.’Matthew 5:17-19 ESV / 5 helpful votes “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.Deuteronomy 23:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes “If you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay fulfilling it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.Ephesians 4:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,John 8:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”Leviticus 19:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.1 John 4:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.Galatians 3:1-29 ESV / 3 helpful votes O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— …2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.John 15:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes You are my friends if you do what I command you.John 11:25-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”John 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.Luke 22:31-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might si
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