56 Bible Verses about Respect
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Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Nevertheless, let each one of you do likewise, let each one so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she reverences her husband.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and humane, but also to the unjust.
loving one another with brotherly love, with honour preferring one another;
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to respond to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and reverence,
Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a feast day or of the new moon or of the sabbath days,
and that you express greater charity unto them for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),
and those members of the body which we think to be more vile, these we dress with more abundant honour; and those in us who are more indecent have more honesty.
But he that does wrong shall receive the wrong which he has done, now that there is no respect of persons.
And, ye masters, do the same unto them, forbearing threats, knowing that their Master and yours is also in the heavens and that he is no respecter of persons.
Slaves, be obedient to those that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as unto the Christ,
and ye have respect to him that wears the precious clothing and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there or sit here under my footstool:
And if ye invoke as Father, he who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, converse in fear the entire time of your sojourning here,
a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old nor show favour to the young;
that ye may walk honestly toward those that are without, and that ye may desire nothing from any one.
Ye shall fear, every man his mother and his father and keep my sabbaths. I AM your God.
My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus, the glorious Christ, with respect of persons.
Then Moses was very angry and said unto the LORD, Look not thou upon their offering; I have not taken so much as one ass from them, neither have I done evil to any of them.
The son honours his father and the slave his master; if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is my fear? said the LORD of the hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what have we despised thy name?
Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.
Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.
Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not meddle with those that are given to change,
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
saying, There was in a city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man;
Neither shall he care for the God of his fathers, nor the love of women, nor care for any god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them wisely, giving honour unto the woman, as unto a more fragile vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers not be hindered.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother, and, He that curses father or mother, let him die without recourse.
To have respect of persons in judgment is not good; even for a piece of bread, man will transgress.
but he did not look upon Cain and his present. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
For I will return unto you and make you fruitful and multiply you and establish my covenant with you.
Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment, but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
as newborn babes, desire the rational milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby in health;
Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence; is it not much better to be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither pleasing the poor, nor favoring the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be lengthened upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
And we beseech you, brethren, to recognize those who labour among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you
Much in every way: first, certainly, that the oracles of God have been entrusted unto them.
he doubted not the promise of God, with unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
Likewise the deacons must be honest, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of dishonest gain;
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
And he said unto his men, The LORD keep me from doing this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
In the same manner these deceived dreamers, defile their flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of higher powers.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Let every soul submit itself to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Let the elders that govern well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and doctrine.
Remember your pastors, who have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation:
and that you express greater charity unto them for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Respect » Due to the aged
And Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, answered and said, I am younger, and ye are older; therefore, I was afraid, and I feared to declare unto you my opinion.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Respect » To one another
loving one another with brotherly love, with honour preferring one another;
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in humility let each esteem others better than themselves,
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out; he is excellent in power and in judgment, and in plenty of righteousness he will not afflict. Men, therefore, shall fear him; all the crafty of heart shall not see him.
Respect » Who the lord respects
For the LORD, who is high and lifted up, looks upon the humble, but the proud he does not know.
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Respect » To the aged
Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.
Respect » To an army
But when thou art called, go and sit down in the lowest place that when he that invited thee comes, he may say unto thee, Friend, come up higher; then shalt thou have glory in the presence of those that sit at the table with thee.
Respect » To rulers
Do not praise thyself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Deuteronomy 10:12-13And now, Israel, what does the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Respect For Old People
Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be lengthened upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2The earth is the LORD's, and the fullness thereof; the world and they that dwell therein.
Respect, For God's Character
Psalm 29:2Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Respect, For Human Beings
Genesis 9:5-6For surely your blood which is your souls I will require; at the hand of every animal I will require it and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will require the soul (or life) of man.
Self Respect
Matthew 22:39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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