Bible Verses About Yes Mean Yes
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for yes mean yes, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,611 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 Mean Yes
Matthew 5:37262 votes
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
James 5:12216 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 1:17-20155 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?
Ephesians 4:25118 votes
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Matthew 5:33-37102 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:
Proverbs 12:2296 votes
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Colossians 3:984 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Matthew 21:28-3176 votes
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
Zechariah 8:1672 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:
2 Corinthians 1:1832 votes
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
John 8:3230 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Psalms 15:429 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 15:1-228 votes
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
Revelation 3:1424 votes
And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Deuteronomy 23:2320 votes
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Proverbs 25:1420 votes
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
John 8:4420 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.
John 17:1720 votes
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Hebrews 6:1617 votes
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Numbers 30:216 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.
Proverbs 10:916 votes
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 10:1916 votes
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
2 Corinthians 8:2116 votes
Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Colossians 3:9-1016 votes
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
James 1:19-2016 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
What does the Bible say about yes mean yes?
Readers most often cite Matthew 5:37 on the subject of yes mean yes. Across 1,611 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including James 5:12, 2 Corinthians 1:17-20, Ephesians 4:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.