Matthew 5:39

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Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

1 Corinthians 6:7

Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Isaiah 50:6

I gave My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to the smiter,
Let him be filled with reproach.

1 Peter 3:9

not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’

1 Samuel 25:31-34

this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

1 Samuel 26:8-10

Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

Job 16:10

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.

Job 31:29-31

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”

Micah 5:1

“Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;
They have laid siege against us;
With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Luke 6:29-30

Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.

Luke 22:64

and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?”

Romans 12:17-19

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;

James 5:6

You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

1 Peter 2:20-23

For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.

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Summary

Matthew 5:39

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

That

Whosoever

General references

Proverbs 3:30

Bible References

That

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

Do not say, “I will repay evil”;

Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.

Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;

I will render to the man according to his work.”

Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone.

Respect what is right in the sight of all men.

Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

You have not yet resisted

to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;

You have condemned and

put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.

Whosoever

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have

slapped me on the cheek with contempt;

They have massed themselves against me.

I gave My back to those who strike Me,
And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;
I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.

Let him give his cheek to the smiter,
Let him be filled with reproach.

“Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;

They have laid siege against us;

With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.

and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?”

For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God.

General references

Do not contend with a man without cause,

If he has done you no harm.