18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

"'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'"

"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),

So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.

"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.'

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command. Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you."