Lamentations 3:30
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30 to give one’s cheek to the smiter
and be filled with insults.(A)
Isaiah 50:6
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6 I gave my back to those who struck me
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I did not hide my face
from insult and spitting.(A)
Job 16:10
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10 They have gaped at me with their mouths;
they have struck me insolently on the cheek;
they mass themselves together against me.(A)
Matthew 5:39
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39 But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,(A)
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2 Corinthians 11:20
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20 For you put up with it when someone makes slaves of you or preys upon you or takes advantage of you or puts on airs or gives you a slap in the face.
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Matthew 26:67
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67 Then they spat in his face and struck him, and some slapped him,(A)
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Psalm 123:3
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3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.(A)
Psalm 69:20
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20 Insults have broken my heart,
so that I am in despair.
I looked for pity, but there was none;
and for comforters, but I found none.(A)
Luke 6:29
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29 If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt.
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Micah 5:1
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5 [a]Now you are walled around with a wall;[b]
siege is laid against us;
with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel
upon the cheek.(A)
Psalm 69:9
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9 It is zeal for your house that has consumed me;
the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.(A)
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