Matthew 5:39 Cross References

Matthew 5:39

39: But I say, don't resist an evil person! If you are slapped on the right cheek, turn the other, too.

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

Don't repay evil for evil. Don't retaliate when people say unkind things about you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God wants you to do, and he will bless you for it.

If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn the other cheek. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also.
Give what you have to anyone who asks you for it; and when things are taken away from you, don't try to get them back.

Don't say, "I will get even for this wrong." Wait for the LORD to handle the matter.

Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable.
Do your part to live in peace with everyone, as much as possible.
Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God. For it is written, "I will take vengeance; I will repay those who deserve it," says the Lord.

Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing right and are patient beneath the blows, God is pleased with you.
This suffering is all part of what God has called you to. Christ, who suffered for you, is your example. Follow in his steps.
He never sinned, and he never deceived anyone.
He did not retaliate when he was insulted. When he suffered, he did not threaten to get even. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly.

And don't say, "Now I can pay them back for all their meanness to me! I'll get even!"

"Never seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

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

To have such lawsuits at all is a real defeat for you. Why not just accept the injustice and leave it at that? Why not let yourselves be cheated?

I give my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pull out my beard. I do not hide from shame, for they mock me and spit in my face.

"Have I ever rejoiced when my enemies came to ruin or become excited when harm came their way?
No, I have never cursed anyone or asked for revenge.
My servants have never let others go hungry.

"God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!" Abishai whispered to David. "Let me thrust that spear through him. I'll pin him to the ground, and I won't need to strike twice!"
"No!" David said. "Don't kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the LORD's anointed one?
Surely the LORD will strike Saul down someday, or he will die in battle or of old age.

This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn't true. For the LORD placed you at my mercy back there in the cave, and some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, `I will never harm him--he is the LORD's anointed one.'
Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn't kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.
The LORD will decide between us. Perhaps the LORD will punish you for what you are trying to do to me, but I will never harm you.
As that old proverb says, `From evil people come evil deeds.' So you can be sure I will never harm you.
Who is the king of Israel trying to catch anyway? Should he spend his time chasing one who is as worthless as a dead dog or a flea?

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

You have condemned and killed good people who had no power to defend themselves against you.

don't let this be a blemish on your record. Then you won't have to carry on your conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed and vengeance. And when the LORD has done these great things for you, please remember me!"
David replied to Abigail, "Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me today!
Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murdering the man and carrying out vengeance with my own hands.
For I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept me from hurting you, that if you had not hurried out to meet me, not one of Nabal's men would be alive tomorrow morning."

Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. "When did the Spirit of the LORD leave me to speak to you?" he demanded.

Mobilize! Marshal your troops! The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem. With a rod they will strike the leader of Israel in the face.

They blindfolded him; then they hit him and asked, "Who hit you that time, you prophet?"

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