Lamentations 3:30
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30 (A)Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.
Job 16:10
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10 They (A)gape at me with their mouth,
They (B)strike me reproachfully on the cheek,
They gather together against me.
Matthew 5:39
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39 (A)But I tell you not to resist an evil person. (B)But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
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Isaiah 50:6
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6 (A)I gave My back to those who struck Me,
And (B)My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;
I did not hide My face from shame and (C)spitting.
Matthew 26:67
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67 (A)Then they spat in His face and beat Him; and (B)others struck Him with [a]the palms of their hands,
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- Matthew 26:67 Or rods,
2 Corinthians 11:20
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20 For you put up with it (A)if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one strikes you on the face.
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Luke 6:29
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29 (A)To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. (B)And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
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Micah 5:1
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The Messiah Will Be Born at Bethlehem
5 Now gather yourself in troops,
O daughter of troops;
He has laid siege against us;
They will (A)strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
Psalm 123:3
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3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Psalm 69:20
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20 Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of [a]heaviness;
(A)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for (B)comforters, but I found none.
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- Psalm 69:20 Lit. sickness
Psalm 69:9
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9 (A)Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,
(B)And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
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