40 Bible Verses about Respect

Show honor to everyone. Practice love for the brotherhood; practice reverence to God and honor to the Emperor.

But each one of you married men must love his wife as he loves himself, and the married woman, too, must respect her husband.

You house-servants must be submissive to your masters and show them perfect respect, not only to those who are kind and fair but also to those who are cruel.

In brotherly love be affectionate to one another, in personal honors put one another to the fore,

but in your hearts be consecrated to Christ as Lord, and always be ready to make your defense to anyone who asks a reason for the hope you have. But you must do it in gentleness and reverence,

Stop letting anyone pass judgment on you in matters of eating and drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly feasts or sabbaths.

continue to hold them in the highest esteem for the sake of the work they do. Practice living at peace with one another.

"You must honor your father and mother" -- this is the first commandment, with a promise to make it good

and the parts of it we deem devoid of honor we dress with special honor, and our ill-shaped parts receive more careful attention,

For the man who wrongs another will be paid back the wrong he has done; and there are no exceptions.

but if you show partiality, you are committing sin, because you are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.

You slave-owners, too, must maintain the same attitude toward your slaves, and stop threatening them, for you know that their real Lord and yours is in heaven, and that He never shows partiality.

You slaves must practice obedience to your earthly masters, with reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would obey Christ,

and you pay special attention to the man who wears the fine clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in this fine place," and say to the poor man, "Stand up, or sit there on the floor at my feet,"

And if you address as Father, Him who judges everyone impartially in accordance with what he does, you must live reverently all your fleeting stay on earth,

so that you may live influentially with the outsiders, and not be dependent on anybody.

My brothers, stop trying to maintain your faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious presence of God on earth, along with acts of partiality to certain ones.

Not that I refer to any personal want, for I have learned to be contented in whatever circumstances I am.

You must practice honoring your father and mother. And you must love your neighbor as you do yourself."

But even in this matter their testimony did not agree.

for there is no partiality in God's dealings.

Pay all of them what is due them -- tribute to the officer to receive it, taxes to the officer to receive them, respect to the man entitled to it, and honor to the man entitled to it.

keep on living in subordination to one another out of reverence to Christ.

"Once there was in a city a judge who had no reverence for God nor respect for men.

You married men, in the same way, must live with your wives in an intelligent consideration of them; you must show them deference, too, as the weaker sex, as they share with you the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, with perfect purity.

and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we used to treat them with respect; how much more cheerfully should we submit to the Father of our spirits, and live!

We beg you, brothers, to practice showing respect to those who labor among you, who are your leaders in the Lord's work, and who advise you;

They are great from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews are entrusted with the utterances of God.

and yet he never staggered in doubt at the promise of God but grew powerful in faith, because he gave the glory to God

Deacons, too, must be serious, sincere in their talk, not addicted to strong drink or dishonest gain,