Bible Verses Like Matthew 5:39

“But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.”

 

Bible verses related to Matthew 5:39 (similar cross-references)


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?   (Verses like 1 Corinthians 6:7)

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.   (Verses like Isaiah 50:6)

Lamentations 3:30 - He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.   (Verses like Lamentations 3:30)

1 Peter 3:9 - Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.   (Verses like 1 Peter 3:9)

Leviticus 19:18 - Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.   (Verses like Leviticus 19:18)

1 Samuel 24:10-15 - Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.   (Verses like 1 Samuel 24:10)

1 Samuel 25:31-34 - That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.   (Verses like 1 Samuel 25:31)

1 Samuel 26:8-10 - Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.   (Verses like 1 Samuel 26:8)

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 unto thee?   (Verses like 1 Kings 22:24)

Job 16:10 - They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.   (Verses like Job 16:10)

Job 31:29-31 - If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.   (Verses like Job 31:29)

Proverbs 20:22 - Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.   (Verses like Proverbs 20:22)

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.   (Verses like Proverbs 24:29)

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.   (Verses like Micah 5:1)

Luke 6:29-30 - And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.   (Verses like Luke 6:29)

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?   (Verses like Luke 22:64)

Romans 12:17-19 - Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.   (Verses like Romans 12:17)

1 Thessalonians 5:15 - See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.   (Verses like 1 Thessalonians 5:15)

Hebrews 12:4 - Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.   (Verses like Hebrews 12:4)

James 5:6 - Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.   (Verses like James 5:6)

1 Peter 2:20-23 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:   (Verses like 1 Peter 2:20)