40 Bible Verses about Respect
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Honour all men, Love the brotherhood, Fear God,
But let every one of you in particular so love his wife as himself: and let the wife reverence her husband.
Honour the king, Servants be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
In brotherly love be full of tender affection toward each other, in honour preferring one another:
And be always ready to give an answer to every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear:
Let none therefore judge you in meat, or drink, or in respect of a feast-day, or of the new-moon, or of sabbath-days: Which are shadow of things to come;
and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, And to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake, and be at peace among yourselves.
thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise) That it may be well with thee,
And those which we think to be the less honourable parts of the body, these we surround with more abundant honour, and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
But he that doth wrong, shall receive for the wrong he hath done; and there is no respect of persons.
But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
And ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatning, knowing that your master is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.
Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as unto the Lord:
And ye look upon him that weareth the fine apparel, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man,
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 in fear:
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring,
Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content.
Honour thy father and mother, and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
And neither so was their evidence sufficient. Then the high priest standing up in the midst,
Render therefore to all their due: 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 certain city a judge who feared not God nor reverenced man.
In like manner, ye husbands, dwell according to knowledge with the woman, as the weaker vessel; giving them honour, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
For God commanded, Honour thy father and mother: and He that revileth father or mother, let him die the death.
and all evil-speakings, As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we reverenced them: Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
Now we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labour among you,
Much every way; chiefly in that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,
Likewise the deacons must be serious, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not desirous of filthy gain: Holding fast the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
Honour all men, Love the brotherhood, Fear God,
Let every soul be subject to the supreme powers, for there is no power but from God; the powers that be, are appointed by God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially those who labour in the word and teaching.
Remember them that had the rule over you, who spake to you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, And to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake, and be at peace among yourselves.
Respect » Due to the aged
Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Respect » To one another
In brotherly love be full of tender affection toward each other, in honour preferring one another:
Honour all men, Love the brotherhood, Fear God,
Do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind, esteem each the others better than themselves.
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
Respect » Who the lord respects
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Respect » To the aged
Respect » To an army
go and sit down in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour in the presence of them that sit at table with thee. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that
Respect » To rulers
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Acts 9:31Then the church through all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria had peace: and being built up, and walking in the fear of God, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost, was multiplied.
Respect For Old People
1 Timothy 5:1Rebuke not an elder, but exhort him as a father, the younger men as brethren;
Respect For People
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, Honour thy father and mother: and He that revileth father or mother, let him die the death.
Respect, For Environment
Hebrews 2:8Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. Now in putting all things in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him: but now we do not yet see all things put under him.
Respect, For God's Character
2 Peter 1:19-21And we have the word of prophecy more confirmed, to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a lamp that shone in a dark place, till the day should dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
Respect, For Human Beings
Colossians 3:9-11Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his deeds,
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