Matthew 5:39

Webster Bible (1833)

But I say to you, That ye resist not evil: but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak to thee?

Job 16:10

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Proverbs 24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; I am the LORD.

Micah 5:1

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Matthew 5:40

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

Luke 22:64

And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, to see 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 testimony of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

1 Corinthians 6:7

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Hebrews 12:4

Ye have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.

James 5:6

Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary, blessing; knowing that ye are called to this, that ye should inherit a blessing.