18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor thy father and mother.

Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife'see that she fear her husband.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.