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Bible Verses about “yes be yes

Found 21 verses (ordered by relevance) about “yes be yes” in the KJV version of the Bible

Matthew 5:37
332 votes

‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›

Matthew 5:36
274 votes

‹Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.›

Ephesians 4:25
231 votes

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

Matthew 5:34
225 votes

‹But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:›

Matthew 5:35
225 votes

‹Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.›

Matthew 5:33
220 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:›

Colossians 3:9
185 votes

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

James 5:12
164 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.

Proverbs 12:22
118 votes

¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

Matthew 23:17
118 votes

[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?›

Matthew 23:19
114 votes

[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether› [is] ‹greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?›

Matthew 23:16
109 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!›

Matthew 23:18
109 votes

‹And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.›

Matthew 23:20
109 votes

‹Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.›

Matthew 23:21
109 votes

‹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.›

Matthew 23:22
109 votes

‹And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.›

2 Corinthians 1:20
37 votes

For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

2 Corinthians 1:17
19 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 1:18
19 votes

But [as] God [is] true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.

2 Corinthians 1:19
17 votes

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.

Zechariah 8:16
12 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: