Bible Verses about “yes mean yes”
The Bible contains 20 verses about yes mean yes across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.”
“You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."”
“Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.”
“Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.”
“but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;”
“nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.”
“"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'”
“Don't lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings,”
“But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.”
“Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.”
“For however many are the promises of God, in him is the "Yes." Therefore also through him is the "Amen," to the glory of God through us.”
“In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;”
“When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"”
“But as God is faithful, our word toward you was not "Yes and no."”
“For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."”
“These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,”
“Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.”
“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'”
“He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.”
“He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.”