Matthew 5:37

Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 5

“But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.”Matthew 5:37

What Does Matthew 5:37 Mean?

Matthew 5:37 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 37 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (15)

These passages are connected to Matthew 5:37 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

James 5:12“But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.”Colossians 4:6“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”Colossians 3:9“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”2 Corinthians 1:17“When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?”John 8:44“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”Ephesians 4:25“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”2 Thessalonians 3:3“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”Matthew 13:19“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.”Matthew 6:13“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”Matthew 13:38“The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;”1 John 5:18“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.”1 John 2:13“I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.”John 17:15“I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”Matthew 15:19“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”1 John 3:12“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.”

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