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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.


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PROVERBS 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

ST. LUKE 6:29
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

ROMANS 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

ROMANS 12:19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

1 CORINTHIANS 6:7
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?

1 THESSALONIANS 5:15
See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

1 PETER 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

ISAIAH 50:6
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.

LAMENTATIONS 3:30
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.