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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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.(A)
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1 Peter 3:9
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9 Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.(A)
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Romans 12:17-19
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17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.(A) 18 If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.(B) 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God,[a] for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”(C)
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- 12.19 Gk the wrath
Proverbs 20:22
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22 Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
wait for the Lord, and he will help you.(A)
Luke 6:29-30
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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. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you, and if anyone takes away what is yours, do not ask for it back again.(A)
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1 Peter 2:20-23
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20 If you endure when you are beaten for doing wrong, what credit is that? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this is a commendable thing before God.(A) 21 For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps.(B)
22 “He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.(C)
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Lamentations 3:30
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30 to give one’s cheek to the smiter
and be filled with insults.(A)
Leviticus 19:18
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18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.(A)
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Proverbs 24:29
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29 Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me;
I will pay them back for what they have done.”(A)
1 Corinthians 6:7
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7 In fact, to have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?(A)
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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)
1 Samuel 26:8-10
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8 Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand today; now, therefore, let me pin him to the ground with one stroke of the spear; I will not strike him twice.” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?”(A) 10 David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him down, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.(B)
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Job 31:29-31
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29 “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me
or exulted when evil overtook them—(A)
30 I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for their lives with a curse—(B)
31 if those of my tent ever said,
‘O that we might be sated with his flesh!’[a]—(C)
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- 31.31 Meaning of Heb uncertain
1 Samuel 24:10-15
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10 This very day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you into my hand in the cave, and some urged me to kill you, but I spared[a] you. I said, ‘I will not raise my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’ 11 See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.(A) 12 May the Lord judge between me and you! May the Lord avenge me on you, but my hand shall not be against you.(B) 13 As the ancient proverb says, ‘Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness,’ but my hand shall not be against you.(C) 14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A single flea?(D) 15 May the Lord, therefore, be judge and give sentence between me and you. May he see to it and plead my cause and vindicate me against you.”(E)
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- 24.10 Gk Syr Tg: Heb it (my eye) spared
James 5:6
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6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
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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)
Hebrews 12:4
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4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
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Luke 22:64
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64 they also blindfolded him and kept asking him, “Prophesy! Who is it who struck you?”
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1 Kings 22:24
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24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up to Micaiah, slapped him on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit of the Lord pass from me to speak to you?”(A)
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1 Samuel 25:31-34
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31 my lord shall have no cause of grief or pangs of conscience for having shed blood without cause or for having saved himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
32 David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!(A) 33 Blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who kept me today from bloodguilt and from avenging myself by my own hand! 34 For as surely as the Lord the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there would not have been left to Nabal so much as one male.”
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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)
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