Matthew 5:39

Legacy Standard Bible

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of Yahweh pass from me to speak to you?”

Job 16:10

“They have opened their mouth wide at me; They have struck me on the cheek in reproach; They have massed themselves against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “As he did to me so I shall do to him; I will render to the man according to his work.”

Isaiah 50:6

I gave My back to those who strike Me, And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not hide My face from dishonor and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him; Let him be saturated with reproach.

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance, and you shall not keep your anger against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

Micah 5:1

“Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops; They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

Matthew 5:40

And if anyone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your garment also.

Luke 22:64

and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?”

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He heals on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, bear witness of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?”

1 Corinthians 6:7

Actually, then, it is already a failure for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin.

James 5:6

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

1 Peter 3:9

not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but giving a blessing instead, for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing.