18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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

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

For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.

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

Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;

But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,

Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, as with a weaker, even the female, vessel, giving them honour, as also fellow-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

But ye also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife I speak that she may fear the husband.

And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but let them the rather serve them with subjection, because they are faithful and beloved, who profit by the good and ready service rendered. These things teach and exhort.

Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.

Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect him.

Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy commandment shall all my people regulate themselves; only concerning the throne will I be greater than thou.