56 Bible Verses about Respect

Have respect for all, loving the brothers, fearing God, honouring the king.

But do you, everyone, have love for his wife, even as for himself; and let the wife see that she has respect for her husband.

Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

For this reason let no man be your judge in any question of food or drink or feast days or new moons or Sabbaths:

And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:

That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.

A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.

Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

And God's eyes were turned to the children of Israel and he gave them the knowledge of himself.

And even so their witness was not in agreement.

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

For one man is not different from another before God.

Give to all what is their right: taxes to him whose they are, payment to him whose right it is, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour is to be given.

Letting yourselves be ruled by one another in the fear of Christ.

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

He will have no respect for the gods of his fathers or for the god desired by women; he will have no respect for any god: for he will put himself on high over all.

And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

And I will have pleasure in you and make you fertile and greater in number; and I will keep my agreement with you.

Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;

And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

The fear of the Lord is the start of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One gives a wise mind

But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

Much in every way: first of all because the words of God were given to them.

Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;