18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.

'Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: that thou mayest prolong thy days, and that it may go well with thee on the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother,' and, 'He that curseth father or mother, shall suffer death.'

For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it.'

Thou knowest the commandments: break not matrimony, kill not, steal not, bear no false witness, defraud no man, honour thy father and thy mother."

"Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise,

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and make much of such:

We beseech you brethren, that ye know them which labour among you, and have the oversight of you in the Lord,

Likewise, ye men, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as unto them that are heirs also of the grace of life, that your prayers be not let.

Nevertheless, do ye so that every one of you love his wife truly even as himself: And let the wife see that she fear her husband.

See that they which have believing masters despise them not because they are brethren: but so much the rather do service, forasmuch as they are believing and beloved and partakers of the benefits. These things teach and exhort.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoar head and reverence the face of the old man; and dread thy God, for I am the LORD.

But last of all, he sent unto them his own son, saying, 'They will fear my son.'

"Yet had he one son whom he loved tenderly, him also sent he at the last unto them, saying, 'They will fear my son.'

Then said the Lord of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my dear son, him peradventure they will reverence, when they see him.'

Moreover, seeing we had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: should we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spiritual gifts that we might live?

Thou therefore shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people obey: only in the king's seat will I be above thee."