Matthew 5:39

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Summary

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

That

Whosoever

General references

Proverbs 3:30

Bible References

That

Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.

You can see with your own eyes that the Lord handed you over to me today in the cave. Someone advised me to kill you, but I

took pity on you and said: I won’t lift my hand against my lord, since he is the Lord’s anointed.

there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord’s revenge. And when the Lord does good things for my lord, may you remember me your servant.”

Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice!”

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

Don’t say, “I will avenge this evil!”
Wait on the Lord, and He will rescue you.

Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me;
I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”

If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.

Therefore, to have legal disputes against one another is already a moral failure for you. Why not rather put up with injustice? Why not rather be cheated?

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

You have condemned—you have murdered—the righteous man; he does not resist you.

not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you can inherit a blessing.

Whosoever

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?”

They open their mouths against me
and strike my cheeks with contempt;
they join themselves together against me.

I gave My back to those who beat Me,
and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard.
I did not hide My face from scorn and spitting.

Let him offer his cheek
to the one who would strike him;
let him be filled with shame.

Now, daughter who is under attack,

you slash yourself in grief;
a siege is set against us!
They are striking the judge of Israel
on the cheek with a rod.

If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either.

After blindfolding Him, they kept asking, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”

For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.

General references

Don’t accuse anyone without cause,
when he has done you no harm.