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• General scriptures concerningMatthew 5:37Matthew 12:35–37Ephesians 4:29Colossians 3:8Colossians 4:6James 5:12
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The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 5:37

   Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.

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   “But let your communication be yea, yea,.... That is, let your speech, in your common conversation, and daily business of life, when ye answer to anything in the affirmative, be "yea"; and when ye answer to anything in the negative, "nay": and for the stronger asseveration of the matter, when it is necessary, double these words; but let no oaths be joined unto them: this is enough; a righteous man's yea, is yea, and his no, is no; his word is sufficient.

   “(Verse 37) Let your word be 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything more than this comes from evil. However, evangelical truth does not require an oath, since every faithful statement is considered as if made under oath.

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2. Matthew 12:35–37

   The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

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   “What He says, The good man out of the good treasure of his heart, & c. is either pointed against the Jews, that seeing they blasphemed God, what treasure in their heart must that be out of which such blasphemy proceeded; or it is connected with what had gone before, that like as a good man cannot bring forth evil things, nor an evil man good things, so Christ cannot do evil works, nor the Devil good works.

   “A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart,....

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3. Ephesians 4:29

   Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

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   “No doubt, if any one is unwilling to follow the Gospel itself, it is in his power [to reject it], but it is not expedient. For it is in man's power to disobey God, and to forfeit what is good; but [such conduct] brings no small amount of injury and mischief.

   “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,....

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4. Colossians 3:8

   But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

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   “How is this? He just said: "you once walked," showing by this that they no longer live that way, and suddenly he says again: put off all these things! How can they put off what they no longer have? To this one can answer that …

   “But now you also put off all these,....

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5. Colossians 4:6

   Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

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   “Let your speech be always with grace,.... "In grace, or concerning grace": let grace be the subject matter of your speech and conversation.

   “Paul also instructs them as to their speech. First, it should be gracious; and so he says, let your speech always be gracious; "A gracious tongue multiplies courtesies" (Sir 6:5). Secondly, it should be considerate; and so he says, seasoned with salt. Salt signifies considerateness …

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6. James 5:12

   Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

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   “Let the witness of our life be stronger than an oath, and if some shameless person dares to ask an oath from you, let your yes be yes and your no be no, instead of swearing an oath. James forbids us to swear by heaven or by earth for this reason, that we should not give the creation more value than it has by deifying it. For those who swear, swear by something greater than themselves, as the apostle says.

   “But above all things, my brethren, swear not,....

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