Lamentations 3:30

American Standard Version (1901)

Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 50:6 : 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.
  • Job 16:10 : 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
  • Matt 5:39 : 39 but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,
  • Luke 6:29 : 29 To him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.
  • 2 Cor 11:20 : 20 For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
  • Ps 123:3 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
  • Mic 5:1 : 1 Now shalt thou 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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    28Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he hath laid it upon him.

    29Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

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    6I 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.

    7For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.

  • Luke 6:29-30
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    29To him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.

    30Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

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    38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

    39but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

    40And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

  • Job 16:10
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    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

  • 1 Pet 2:23
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    23who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

  • Rom 15:3
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    3For Christ also pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell upon me.

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    41All that pass by the way rob him: He is become a reproach to his neighbors.

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    12And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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    63And the men that held [Jesus] mocked him, and beat him.

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    32For he shall be delivered up unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon:

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    30And they spat upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.

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    65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the officers received him with blows of their hands.

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    44And the robbers also that were crucified with him cast upon him the same reproach.

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    7All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying] ,

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    67Then did they spit in his face and buffet him: and some smote him with the palms of their hands,

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    7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face.

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    31For the Lord will not cast off for ever.

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    20For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

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    20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

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    23Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

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    19For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

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