Matthew 5:39

New Living Translation

But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.

Job 16:10

People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t say, “I will get even for this wrong.” Wait for the Lord to handle the matter.

Proverbs 24:29

And don’t say, “Now I can pay them back for what they’ve done to me! I’ll get even with them!”

Isaiah 50:6

I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them and accept the insults of their enemies.

Leviticus 19:18

“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Micah 5:1

Mobilize! Marshal your troops! The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem. They will strike Israel’s leader in the face with a rod.

Matthew 5:40

If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too.

Luke 22:64

They blindfolded him and said, “Prophesy to us! Who hit you that time?”

Luke 6:7

The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath.

John 18:23

Jesus replied, “If I said anything wrong, you must prove it. But if I’m speaking the truth, why are you beating me?”

1 Corinthians 6:7

Even to have such lawsuits with one another is a defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people.

Hebrews 12:4

After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed innocent people, who do not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.