Lamentations 3:30 · KJV
“He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.”
— Lamentations 3:30
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
Lamentations 3 — Context
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
30He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
31For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Cross References
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.
Job 16:10
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Matthew 5:39
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.
Matthew 26:67
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
2 Corinthians 11:20
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour {you}, if a man take {of you}, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Psalms 123:3
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Micah 5:1
Now 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.
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.