18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.

Each [of you] must revere your mother and your father, and you must keep my Sabbaths; I [am] Yahweh your God.

'Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, so that it will be good for you {in the land} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you.

For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'The one who speaks evil of father or mother {must certainly die}.'

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 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 consider such [people] highly honored,

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Only you also, each one [of you], must thus love his own wife as himself, and the wife {must respect} her husband.

And those who have believing masters must not look down on [them] because they are brothers, but rather they must serve, because those who benefit by their service are believers and dearly loved.

" '{Before} old age you shall get up, and you shall show respect for an old person; and you shall revere your God; I [am] Yahweh.

So finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

He had one more, a beloved son. Last [of all] he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

So the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

You shall be over my house, and to your word all my people shall submit. Only [with respect to] the throne will I be greater than you."