Matthew 5:39

New King James Version

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

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.

1 Peter 3:9

not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will recompense evil”; Wait for the Lord, and He will save you.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

Isaiah 50:6

I gave My back to those who struck Me, And My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard; I did not hide My face from shame and spitting.

1 Corinthians 6:7

Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.

Job 16:10

They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.

Luke 22:64

And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck You?”

1 Kings 22:24

Now Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit from the Lord go from me to speak to you?”

Micah 5:1

Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; He has laid siege against us; They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

Matthew 5:40

If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.

Luke 6:7

So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him.

John 18:23

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