Proverbs 20:22
Proverbs 24:29
Isaiah 50:6
Lamentations 3:30
Luke 6:29
29If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one as well, and if someone takes your coat, don't keep back your shirt, either.Matt 5:39; 1Cor 6:7Romans 12:17
17Do not pay anyone back evil for evil, but ▼▼The Gk. lacks but
focus your thoughts on what is right in the sight of all people.Prov 20:22; Matt 5:39; Rom 14:16; 2Cor 8:21; 1Thes 5:15; 1Pet 3:9 Romans 12:19
19Do not take revenge, dear fiends, but leave room for God's ▼▼The Gk. lacks God's
wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me. I will pay them back, declares the Lord.” ▼▼Deut 32:35
Lev 19:18; Deut 32:35; Prov 24:29; Rom 12:17; Heb 10:30 1 Corinthians 6:7
7The very fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves is already a defeat for you. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?Prov 20:22; Matt 5:39-40; Luke 6:29; Rom 12:17, 19; 1Thes 5:151 Thessalonians 5:15
15Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Instead, always pursue what is good for each other and for everyone else.Lev 19:18; Prov 20:22; 24:29; Matt 5:39, 44; Rom 12:17; 1Cor 6:7; Gal 6:10; 1Thes 3:12; 1Pet 3:91 Peter 3:9
9Do not pay others back evil for evil or insult for insult. Instead, bless them, because you were called to inherit a blessing.Prov 17:13; 20:22; Matt 5:39; 25:34; Rom 12:14, 17; 1Cor 4:12; 1Thes 5:15
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