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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Matthew 5:39
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39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 (A)See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always (B)pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong,(A) but always strive to do what is good for each other(B) and for everyone else.
1 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary (B)blessing, knowing that you were called to this, (C)that you may inherit a blessing.
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Romans 12:17-19
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17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil. (B)Have[a] regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, (C)live peaceably with all men. 19 Beloved, (D)do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, (E)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
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- Romans 12:17 Or Provide good
Romans 12:17-19
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17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil.(A) Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.(B) 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.(C) 19 Do not take revenge,(D) my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”[a](E) says the Lord.
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- Romans 12:19 Deut. 32:35
Proverbs 20:22
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- Proverbs 20:22 repay
Proverbs 20:22
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Luke 6:29-30
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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. 30 (C)Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back.
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Luke 6:29-30
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29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.(A)
1 Peter 2:20-23
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20 For (A)what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For (B)to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for [a]us, (C)leaving [b]us an example, that you should follow His steps:
22 “Who(D) committed no sin,
Nor was deceit found in His mouth”;
23 (E)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (F)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
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- 1 Peter 2:21 NU you
- 1 Peter 2:21 NU, M you
1 Peter 2:20-23
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20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.(A) 21 To this(B) you were called,(C) because Christ suffered for you,(D) leaving you an example,(E) that you should follow in his steps.
23 When they hurled their insults at him,(H) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(I) Instead, he entrusted himself(J) to him who judges justly.(K)
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- 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9
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.
Lamentations 3:30
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Leviticus 19:18
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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, (B)but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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Proverbs 24:29
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29 (A)Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
Proverbs 24:29
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29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
I’ll pay them back for what they did.”(A)
1 Corinthians 6:7
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7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. (A)Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated?
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1 Corinthians 6:7
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7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?(A)
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.
Isaiah 50:6
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1 Samuel 26:8-10
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8 Then Abishai said to David, (A)“God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him [a]at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”
9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; (B)for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?” 10 David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, (C)the Lord shall strike him, or (D)his day shall come to die, or he shall (E)go out to battle and perish.
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1 Samuel 26:8-10
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8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”
9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed(A) and be guiltless?(B) 10 As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike(C) him, or his time(D) will come and he will die,(E) or he will go into battle and perish.
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