Matthew 5:39

A Conservative Version

But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

Proverbs 20:22

Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to him who smites him. Let him be filled full with reproach.

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of thy people, but thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am LORD.

Proverbs 24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.

1 Corinthians 6:7

Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

James 5:6

Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you.

Job 16:10

They have gaped upon me with their mouth. They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

Hebrews 12:4

Ye have not yet resisted as far as blood, struggling against sin.

Luke 22:64

And having covered him, they struck his face, and demanded him, saying, Prophesy! Who is he who struck thee?

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee?

Micah 5:1

Now thou shall gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Matthew 5:40

And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also.

Luke 6:7

And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, If I spoke wrongly, testify about the wrong, but if correctly, why strike me?