See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
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Matthew 5:39 · 21 connections
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Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. …
End of linked passage: Romans 12:19Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. …
End of linked passage: Luke 6:30He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. …
End of linked passage: 1 Peter 2:23Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 26:10Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 24:15If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: …
End of linked passage: Job 31:31They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 25:34Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
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