Matthew 5:39

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;

Cross References

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.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not return evil for evil or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary bless, for to this you have been called, that you may obtain a blessing.

Proverbs 20:22

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

Lamentations 3:30

let him give his cheek to the smiter, and be filled with insults.

Leviticus 19:18

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

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

1 Corinthians 6:7

To have lawsuits at all with one another is defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have killed the righteous man; he does not resist you.

Job 16:10

Men have gaped at me with their mouth, they have struck me insolently upon the cheek, they mass themselves together against me.

Hebrews 12:4

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

Luke 22:64

they also blindfolded him and asked him, “Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?”

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 the Lord go from me to speak to you?”

Micah 5:1

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

Matthew 5:40

and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well;

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

John 18:23

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