Matthew 5:39

American King James Version (1999)

But I say to you, That you resist not evil: but whoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

1 Peter 3:9

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that you are thereunto called, that you should inherit a blessing.

Proverbs 20:22

Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.

Lamentations 3:30

He gives his cheek to him that smites him: he is filled full with reproach.

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the 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 them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

1 Corinthians 6:7

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.

Job 16:10

They have gaped on me with their mouth; they have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.

Luke 22:64

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote you?

1 Kings 22:24

But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak to you?

Micah 5:1

Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

Matthew 5:40

And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smite you me?