Lamentations 3:30
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Cross-reference
Lamentations 3:61 records the same sufferer hearing taunts — immediate context for the insults he receives in verse 30.
In Job 16:10, Job describes being struck on the cheek by scorners — an example of the suffering this verse endures.
In Isaiah 50:6, the servant offers his cheeks to abuse — a strong parallel of voluntary suffering and disgrace.
Micah 5:1 also depicts a ruler struck on the cheek — both verses share the same image of humiliation and suffering.
In Matthew 5:39, Jesus explicitly teaches turning the other cheek, echoing the same principle of non-retaliation from Lamentations.
Matthew 26:67 shows Jesus literally struck on the face — this fulfills the suffering depicted in Lamentations as a type of Christ.
Luke 6:29 parallels Jesus' teaching on turning the other cheek, reinforcing the same attitude of non-resistance.
Psalm 3:7 has God striking enemies' cheeks — opposite of the sufferer giving his own cheek. Contrasting directions of suffering.
1 Kings 22:24 records a prophet being slapped on the face — a concrete example of the kind of strike Lamentations describes.
2 Chronicles 18:23 repeats the same slapping incident from 1 Kings — another instance of physical humiliation.
Psalm 22:6 describes being scorned and despised — the same shameful treatment the sufferer endures when filled with insults.