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

You shall not seek vengeance, and you shall not harbor a grudge [against] {your fellow citizens}; and you shall love your neighbor like yourself; I [am] Yahweh.

Look, this day your eyes have seen that Yahweh gave you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you. But {I took pity} on you and said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, because he [is] Yahweh's anointed one.'

then this will not be an obstacle for you or a stumbling block of conscience for my lord [either] by the shedding of blood without cause or by {my lord taking matters into his own hands}. And when Yahweh does good to my lord, then remember your female servant."

Then Abishai said to David, "God has handed over your enemy into your hand today! So then, {please let me pin him to the ground with the spear} {one time}, and {I will not strike him twice}."

"If I have rejoiced at [the] ruin of [the one who] hated me or have exulted when evil overtook him--

Do not say "I will repay evil"; wait for Yahweh and he will deliver you.

Do not say, "Just as he has done to me, so shall I do to him; I will pay back the man according to his deed."

To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic also.

Pay back no one evil for evil. Take thought for [what is] good in the sight of all people.

Therefore it is already completely a loss for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

See to it that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue good toward one another and toward all [people].

You have not yet resisted to the point of [shedding your] blood [as you] struggle against sin.

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous [person]; he does not resist you.

not repaying evil for evil or insult for insult, but on the other hand blessing [others], because for this [reason] you were called, so that you could inherit a blessing.

Whosoever

Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah came near and slapped Micaiah on the cheek and said, "When did the Spirit of Yahweh pass from me to speak with you?"

They gaped at me with their mouth; they struck my cheeks with disgrace; they have massed themselves together against me.

I gave my back to those who struck [me], and my cheeks to those who pulled out my {beard}; I did not hide my face from insults and spittle.

Let him give a cheek to his smiter, let him be filled with disgrace.

Now muster troops, O daughter of troops; a siege he puts against us. They strike the ruler of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic also.

and [after] blindfolding him they repeatedly asked [him], saying, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"

For what credit [is it] if, [when you] sin and are beaten [for it], you endure? But if you endure [when you] do good and suffer [for it], this [finds] favor with God.

General references

Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when he did not do you harm.