48 Bible Verses about honour

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Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Psalm 49:20

Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Revelation 7:12

saying, "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen."

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,'but now the LORD declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Revelation 5:13

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!"

Malachi 1:6

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'

Psalm 66:2

sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise!

Deuteronomy 26:19

and that he will set you in praise and in fame and in honor high above all nations that he has made, and that you shall be a people holy to the LORD your God, as he promised."

1 Corinthians 12:23

and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

Psalm 149:9

to execute on them the judgment written! This is honor for all his godly ones. Praise the LORD!

Psalm 8:5

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

John 5:23

that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

2 Timothy 2:20

Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.

Matthew 13:57

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."

Romans 9:21

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

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Honour » Due to God

Psalm 57:5

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!

Honour » Earthly » Wisdom and virtue lead to

Romans 2:10

but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

Honour » Earthly » Offered as a bribe

1 Chronicles 29:28

Then he died at a good age, full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.

Numbers 22:17

for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.'"

2 Chronicles 17:5

Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor.

2 Chronicles 32:27

And Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels;

Honour » Examples of » From God

1 Kings 3:13

I give you also what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil.

Daniel 5:18

O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty.

Honour » Due to religious leaders

Honour » Earthly » Given to Christ

Luke 4:15

And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Mark 11:8

And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.

Luke 19:35

And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.

John 12:13

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!"

Revelation 5:13

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!"

Honour » Due the aged

Job 32:6

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: "I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Honour » Examples of » Jesus

John 19:25-26

but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"

Honour » Examples of » Sons of jonadab

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Honour » Examples of » Elisha

1 Kings 19:20

And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"

Honour » Examples of » Joseph

Genesis 41:12

A young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. When we told him, he interpreted our dreams to us, giving an interpretation to each man according to his dream.

Honour » Examples of » David

1 Samuel 22:3

And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother stay with you, till I know what God will do for me."

Honour » Examples of » Solomon

1 Kings 2:19

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.

Honour » Earthly » Transitory

Honour » Earthly » A king's gift

Daniel 2:6

But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation."

Honour » Earthly » A hindrance to faith

Honour » Earthly » A tribute to success or wealth

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