Bible Verses about “yes be yes”
The Bible contains 21 verses about yes be yes across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›”
“‹Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.›”
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”
“‹But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:›”
“‹Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.›”
“¶ ‹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:›”
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”
“¶ 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.”
“¶ Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.”
“[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?›”
“[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether› [is] ‹greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?›”
“‹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!›”
“‹And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.›”
“‹Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.›”
“‹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.›”
“‹And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.›”
“For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
“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?”
“But [as] God [is] true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.”
“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.”
“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:”