Matthew 5:39

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

Cross References (21)

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:15 (25)

    Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

  • 1 Peter 3:9 (21)

    Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may in

  • Romans 12:17–19 (19)

    Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

  • Proverbs 20:22 (17)

    Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

  • Luke 6:29–30 (16)

    If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your t

  • 1 Peter 2:20–23 (13)

    How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you e

  • Lamentations 3:30 (12)

    Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.

  • Leviticus 19:18 (12)

    Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Proverbs 24:29 (10)

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

  • Isaiah 50:6 (7)

    I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scor

  • 1 Corinthians 6:7 (6)

    The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged

  • 1 Samuel 26:8–10 (3)

    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spea

  • Job 31:29–31 (2)

    If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—

  • 1 Samuel 24:10–15 (2)

    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to ki

  • Job 16:10 (1)

    They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.

  • James 5:6 (1)

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

  • Hebrews 12:4 (0)

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

  • 1 Kings 22:24 (0)

    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD

  • Luke 22:64 (0)

    They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

  • Micah 5:1 (-1)

    Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek o

  • 1 Samuel 25:31–34 (-1)

    then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has deal