Matthew 5:39

Holman Christian Standard Bible

But I tell you, don’t resist an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you? ”

Job 16:10

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil! ” Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you.

Proverbs 24:29

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me; I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

Isaiah 50:6

I gave My back to those who beat Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with shame.

Leviticus 19:18

Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Micah 5:1

Now, daughter who is under attack, you slash yourself in grief; a siege is set against us! They are striking the judge of Israel on the cheek with a rod.

Matthew 5:40

As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

Luke 22:64

After blindfolding Him, they kept asking, “Prophesy! Who hit You? ”

Luke 6:7

The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against Him.

John 18:23

“If I have spoken wrongly,” Jesus answered him, “give evidence about the wrong; but if rightly, why do you hit Me? ”

1 Corinthians 6:7

Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Hebrews 12:4

In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

James 5:6

You have condemned — you have murdered — the righteous man; he does not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.