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Turn The Other Cheek Quotes

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you - Gospel of Matthew quote

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

– The Bible

Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:44.

The South is the home of ‘an eye for an eye.’ ‘Turning the other cheek’? The South can’t see that.

– Greg Iles

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

– John F. Kennedy

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

– Oscar Wilde

Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.

– Gary North

And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God – as I read in the word, you’re supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on.

– Jim Bakker

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

– The Bible

The more relaxed you are, the better you are at everything: the better you are with your loved ones, the better you are with your enemies, the better you are at your job, the better you are with yourself.

– Bill Murray

Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

– The Bible

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

– The Bible

My father was the superintendent of the churches in the state of Montana. He was content in his beliefs. He befit the term ‘true Christian.’ He would turn the other cheek. He was truly a man of peace.

– Phil Jackson

I don’t deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

– Flannery O’Connor

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.

– The Bible

As for ourselves, yes, we must be meek, bear injustice, malice, rash judgment. We must turn the other cheek, give up our cloak, go a second mile.

– Dorothy Day

It’s good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.

– Gary Busey

We labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it.

– The Bible

1 Corinthians 4:12.

Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”says the Lord. On the contrary:
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

– The Bible

Romans 12:19-21

I began imagining scenes in public which some drunk would come up to me and slap me in the face. Nothing like that ever happened, but I often wonder if I would have turned the other cheek.

– Max von Sydow

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

– The Bible

Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:44

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

– The Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:15.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.

– The Bible

Forgive your enemies, but first get even.

– Lester Cole

It’s said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies – because you never know when you’ll have to work with them.

– Lana Turner

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

– Mahatma Gandhi

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For so you will heap coals of fire on his head, And the Lord will reward you.

– The Bible

Proverbs 25:21-22

Love your enemies… it’s not always an easy tenet to live by… and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

– Lea Salonga

If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.

– Malcolm X

If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

– The Bible

You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you not to resist an evildoer. On the contrary, whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

– The Bible

Matthew 5:38-39

Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

– The Bible

Jesus Christ, Luke 6:27-28

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