8 Bible Verses about Accepting Beatings
Most Relevant Verses
Let the righteous smite me, it is kindness; and let him reprove me, it is an excellent oil which my head shall not refuse: for yet my prayer also is for them in their calamities.
For ye bear if any one bring you into bondage, if any one devour you, if any one get your money, if any one exalt himself, if any one beat you on the face.
For what glory is it, if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear it? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear it, this is acceptable with God.
But I say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.
he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
'They have smitten me, and I am not sore; they have beaten me, and I knew it not. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.''
Bible Theasaurus
- Accepting (14 instances)