Matthew 5:39

American Standard Version 2015

but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on {\i thy} right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil:\par\tab Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

Proverbs 24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me;\par\tab 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

Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

James 5:6

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous {\i one}; he doth not resist you.\par

Job 16:10

They have gaped upon me with their mouth;\par\tab They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully:\par\tab They gather themselves together against me.

Hebrews 12:4

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

Luke 22:64

And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophesy: who is he that struck thee?

1 Kings 22:24

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

Micah 5:1

Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.\par

Matthew 5:40

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, {\cf6 If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?}