18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

For God said:

Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

For Moses said:

Honor your father and your mother; and
Whoever speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

You know the commandments:

Do not murder;
do not commit adultery;
do not steal;
do not bear false witness;
do not defraud;
honor your father and mother.”

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with all joy and hold men like him in honor,

Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,

Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

Those who have believing masters should not be disrespectful to them because they are brothers, but should serve them better, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.

Teach and encourage these things.

“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

“He still had one to send, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

“Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”