Matthew 5:39

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”

Job 16:10

They have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done.”

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

to give one’s cheek to the smiter and be filled with insults.

Leviticus 19:18

You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

Micah 5:1

Now you are walled around with a wall; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel upon the cheek.

Matthew 5:40

and if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, give your coat as well,

Luke 22:64

they also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it who struck you?”

Luke 6:7

The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see whether he would cure on the Sabbath, so that they might find grounds to bring an accusation against him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered, “If I have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong. But if I have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?”

1 Corinthians 6:7

In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.

Hebrews 12:4

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

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.