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 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.
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 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)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9
Lamentations 3:30
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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)
Proverbs 20:22
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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)
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.
Footnotes
- Romans 12:19 Deut. 32:35
Isaiah 50:6
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Job 31:29-31
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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.
1 Samuel 24:10-15
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10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared(A) you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’ 11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut(B) off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty(C) of wrongdoing(D) or rebellion. I have not wronged(E) you, but you are hunting(F) me down to take my life.(G) 12 May the Lord judge(H) between you and me. And may the Lord avenge(I) the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,(J)’ so my hand will not touch you.
14 “Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Who are you pursuing? A dead dog?(K) A flea?(L) 15 May the Lord be our judge(M) and decide(N) between us. May he consider my cause and uphold(O) it; may he vindicate(P) me by delivering(Q) me from your hand.”
James 5:6
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Job 16:10
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Hebrews 12:4
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God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(A)
1 Kings 22:24
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24 Then Zedekiah(A) son of Kenaanah went up and slapped(B) Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from[a] the Lord go when he went from me to speak(C) to you?” he asked.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 22:24 Or Spirit of
1 Samuel 25:31-34
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31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember(A) your servant.”(B)
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise(C) be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(D) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(E) would have been left alive by daybreak.”
Luke 22:64
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64 They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?”
Micah 5:1
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A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem
Footnotes
- Micah 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14.
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