Verse 29

If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.
  • Lam 3:30 : 30 Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
  • Luke 22:64 : 64 And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?
  • John 18:22 : 22 When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?
  • Acts 23:2 : 2 And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
  • 1 Cor 6:7 : 7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?
  • 2 Cor 11:20 : 20 You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
  • Mic 5:1 : 1 And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.
  • Matt 5:39-42 : 39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned. 40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him. 41 And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.
  • 2 Sam 19:30 : 30 And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!
  • 2 Chr 18:23 : 23 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?