13 Bible Verses about Respect For People

For God commanded, saying "Honour thy father and thy mother:" and, He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die.

For Moses said, "Honour thy father and thy mother:" and "he that curseth father or mother, let him assuredly be put to death."

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery; Do not murder; Do not steal; Do not bear false witness; Honour thy father and mother.

"Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with a promise;)

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and honourably treat those that are such:

Now we entreat you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Ye husbands, in like manner dwell with them discreetly, putting respect on the dear woman as being the weaker vessel, and as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may meet no interruption.

Nevertheless let every one of you individually see that each love his own wife even as himself; but the wife that she stand in awe of the husband.

But they who have believing masters, let them not think less of them, because they are brethren; but serve them the rather, because they are faithful and beloved, who have equally partaken of the benefit. These things teach and enjoin.

Then at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Now he had yet one son, his beloved, and he sent him unto them last, saying, They will reverence my son.

Then said the master of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: probably when they see him, they will shew him respect.

If then we have had the fathers of our flesh for correctors, and reverenced them; shall we not much more be under subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?