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Matthew 5:37
But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.

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Matthew 5:34
But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

James 5:12
But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

Exodus 20:7
You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged a sinner by the Lord

Deuteronomy 6:13
Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

Matthew 26:63
But Jesus said not a word. And the high priest said to him, I put you on oath, by the living God, that you will say to us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.

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Matthew 23:16
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

Matthew 23:17
You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

Matthew 23:18
And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

Matthew 23:19
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

Matthew 23:20
He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

Matthew 23:21
And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.

Matthew 23:22
And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

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2 Corinthians 1:17
If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?

2 Corinthians 1:18
As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.

2 Corinthians 1:23
But God is my witness that it was in pity for you that I did not come to Corinth at that time.

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Colossians 4:6
Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.

Proverbs 17:27
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

2 Timothy 1:13
Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Titus 2:8
Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

James 3:2
For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

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Genesis 9:11
And I will make my agreement with you; never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters; never again will the waters come over all the earth for its destruction.

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Matthew 13:19
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

Matthew 13:38
And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

John 8:44
You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.

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Ephesians 4:25
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.

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