16 Bible Verses about Turning The Other Cheek

But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

To him who gives you a blow on one side of the face offer the other side also; and to him who is robbing you of your outer garment refuse not the under one also.

See to it that no one ever repays another with evil for evil; but always seek opportunities of doing good both to one another and to all the world.

In conclusion, all of you should be of one mind, quick to sympathize, kind to the brethren, tenderhearted, lowly-minded, not requiting evil with evil nor abuse with abuse, but, on the contrary, giving a blessing in return, because a blessing is what you have been called by God to inherit. For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words;

Pay back to no man evil for evil. Take thought for what is right and seemly in every one's esteem.

Do not be revengeful, my dear friends, but give way before anger; for it is written, "'Revenge belongs to Me: I will pay back,' says the Lord."

Nevertheless love your enemies, be beneficent; and lend without hoping for any repayment. Then your recompense shall be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God.

bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.

Invoke blessings on your persecutors--blessings, not curses.

Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;

On the contrary, therefore, if your enemy is hungry, give him food; if he is thirsty, quench his thirst. For by doing this you will be heaping burning coals upon his head.

Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the High Priest?" "If I have spoken wrongly," replied Jesus, "bear witness to it as wrong; but if rightly, why that blow?"

Then they spat in His face, and struck Him--some with the fist, some with the open hand--

Then they began to march up to Him, saying in a mocking voice, "Hail King of the Jews!" And they struck Him with the palms of their hands.