56 Bible Verses about Respect
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Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay 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 call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them 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, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not 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 sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth 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 know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
And to esteem them very highly in love 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 young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, 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
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in 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 lowliness of mind let each esteem other 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 justice: he will not afflict. Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Respect » Who the lord respects
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Respect » To the aged
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Respect » To an army
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Respect » To rulers
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Deuteronomy 10:12-13And now, Israel, what doth 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 the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2{A Psalm of David.} The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness 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 9:5-6And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the 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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