Bible Verses About Yes Be Yes
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for yes be yes, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,146 votes, led by Matthew 5:37. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Yes Be Yes
Matthew 5:37230 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
James 5:12198 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 1:17-20141 votes
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?
Matthew 5:33-3796 votes
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Ephesians 4:2559 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Proverbs 12:2248 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Colossians 3:946 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Matthew 23:16-2245 votes
Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Zechariah 8:1636 votes
These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Leviticus 19:1221 votes
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
Numbers 30:221 votes
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Matthew 5:34-3620 votes
But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
2 Corinthians 1:1820 votes
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
James 1:19-2020 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Psalms 15:419 votes
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 15:1-216 votes
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
Proverbs 22:2116 votes
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
John 8:4416 votes
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.
2 Corinthians 1:17-1815 votes
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?
2 Corinthians 1:1714 votes
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?
James 5:1-2013 votes
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Colossians 3:9-1012 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
James 5:12-2012 votes
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.
Revelation 21:812 votes
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
What does the Bible say about yes be yes?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:37 on the subject of yes be yes. Across 1,146 votes, 24 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:12, 2 Corinthians 1:17-20, Matthew 5:33-37. This page lists all 24 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.