Matthew 5:39

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But I tell you, don’t fight back against someone who wants to do harm to you. If they hit you on the right cheek, let them hit the other cheek too.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Be sure that no one pays back wrong for wrong. But always try to do what is good for each other and for all people.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t do wrong to anyone to pay them back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t insult anyone to pay them back for insulting you. But ask God to bless them. Do this because you yourselves were chosen to receive a blessing.

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t ever say, “I’ll pay them back for what they did to me!” Wait for the Lord. He will make things right.

Lamentations 3:30

He should turn his cheek to the one who hits him and let people insult him.

Leviticus 19:18

Forget about the wrong things people do to you. Don’t try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Proverbs 24:29

Don’t say, “You hurt me, so I will do the same to you. I will punish you for what you did to me.”

Isaiah 50:6

I will let those people beat me and pull the hair from my beard. I will not hide my face when they say bad things to me and spit at me.

1 Corinthians 6:7

The lawsuits that you have against each other show that you are already defeated. It would be better for you to let someone wrong you. It would be better to let someone cheat you.

James 5:6

You showed no mercy to good people. They were not against you, but you killed them.

Job 16:10

People have crowded around me. They make fun of me and slap my face.

Hebrews 12:4

You are struggling against sin, but you have not had to give up your life for the cause.

Luke 22:64

They covered his eyes so that he could not see them. Then they hit him and said, “Be a prophet and tell us who hit you!”

1 Kings 22:24

Then the prophet Zedekiah went to Micaiah and hit him on the face. Zedekiah said, “How is it that the Spirit of the Lord left me to speak through you?”

Micah 5:1

Now strong city, gather your soldiers! They are surrounding us for the attack! They will hit the Judge of Israel on the cheek with a stick.

Matthew 5:40

If anyone wants to sue you in court and take your shirt, let them have your coat too.

Luke 6:7

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees were watching Jesus closely. They were waiting to see if he would heal on the Sabbath day. They wanted to see him do something wrong so that they could accuse him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered, “If I said something wrong, tell everyone here what was wrong. But if what I said is right, then why do you hit me?”