Matthew 5:39
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39 But I say to you, (A)Do not resist the one who is evil. But (B)if anyone (C)slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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1 Thessalonians 5:15
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15 See that (A)no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always (B)seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
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1 Peter 3:9
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9 (A)Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, (B)bless, for (C)to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
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Romans 12:17-19
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17 (A)Repay no one evil for evil, but (B)give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, (C)live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, (D)never avenge yourselves, but leave it[a] to the wrath of God, for it is written, (E)“Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
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- Romans 12:19 Greek give place
Proverbs 20:22
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Luke 6:29-30
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29 (A)To one who (B)strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic[a] either. 30 (C)Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.
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- Luke 6:29 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
1 Peter 2:20-23
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20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But (A)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For (B)to this you have been called, (C)because Christ also suffered for you, (D)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 (E)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 (F)When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, (G)but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
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Lamentations 3:30
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30 (A)let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
Proverbs 24:29
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29 Do not say, (A)“I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
Leviticus 19:18
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18 (A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but (B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 6:7
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7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. (A)Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
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Isaiah 50:6
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6 (A)I gave my back to those who strike,
and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
from disgrace and spitting.
1 Samuel 26:8-10
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8 Then Abishai said to David, (A)“God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand (B)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?” 10 And David said, (C)“As the Lord lives, (D)the Lord will strike him, or (E)his day will come to die, (F)or he will go down into battle and perish.
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Job 31:29-31
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29 “If I have (A)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ((B)I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his (C)meat?’
1 Samuel 24:10-15
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10 Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. (A)And some told me to kill you, but I spared you.[a] I said, ‘I will not put out my hand against my lord, (B)for he is the Lord's anointed.’ 11 See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that (C)there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though (D)you hunt my life to take it. 12 (E)May the Lord judge between me and you, may the Lord avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you. 13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness.’ But my hand shall not be against you. 14 After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? (F)After a dead dog! (G)After a flea! 15 (H)May the Lord therefore be judge and give sentence between me and you, and see to it and (I)plead my cause and deliver me from your hand.”
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- 1 Samuel 24:10 Septuagint, Syriac, Targum; Hebrew it [my eye] spared you
James 5:6
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6 You have condemned and (A)murdered (B)the righteous person. He does not resist you.
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Job 16:10
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10 Men have (A)gaped at me with their mouth;
they have (B)struck me insolently on the cheek;
they (C)mass themselves together against me.
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 (A)They also blindfolded him and kept asking him, (B)“Prophesy! (C)Who is it that struck you?”
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1 Kings 22:24
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24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near (A)and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”
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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 my lord (A)working salvation himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
32 And David said to Abigail, (B)“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, (C)who have kept me this day from bloodguilt (D)and from working salvation with my own hand! 34 For as surely (E)as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, (F)who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”
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Micah 5:1
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The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem
5 [a] Now muster your troops, O daughter[b] of troops;
siege is laid against us;
with a rod (A)they strike the judge of Israel
on the cheek.
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