Bible Verses about “yes mean yes”
Found 20 verses (ordered by relevance) about “yes mean yes” in the KJV version of the Bible
“‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›”
“‹And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.›”
“‹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.”
“For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.”
“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.”
“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:”
“‹Whether of them twain did the will of› [his] ‹father?› They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, ‹Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.›”
“¶ ‹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.›”
“‹He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.›”
“‹And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I› [go], ‹sir: and went not.›”