Lamentations 3:30

God's Word

They should turn their cheeks to the one who strikes them and take their fill of insults.

Cross References

Job 16:10

People ridiculed me with their mouths. They slapped my cheeks with contempt. They united against me.

Job 30:10

Since they consider me disgusting, they keep their distance from me and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.

Psalm 123:3

Have pity on us, O Lord. Have pity on us because we have suffered more than our share of contempt.

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart, and I am sick. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. I looked for people to comfort me, but I found no one.

Psalm 69:9

Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

Isaiah 50:6

I will offer my back to those who whip me and my cheeks to those who pluck hairs out of my beard. I will not turn my face away from those who humiliate me and spit on me.

Micah 5:1

Now, gather your troops, you city of troops. We are under attack. Enemies will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek with a stick.

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face, hit him with their fists, and some of them slapped him.

Matthew 5:39

But I tell you not to oppose an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn your other cheek to him as well.

Luke 6:29

If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other cheek as well. If someone takes your coat, don’t stop him from taking your shirt.

2 Corinthians 11:20

When someone makes you slaves, consumes your wealth, seizes your property, orders you around, or slaps your faces, you put up with it.