18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be lengthened upon the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.

Ye shall fear, every man his mother and his father and keep my sabbaths. I AM your God.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God has commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God gives thee.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother, and, He that curses father or mother, let him die without recourse.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother, and, Whosoever curses father or mother shall most definitely die.

Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness and esteem such

And we beseech you, brethren, to recognize those who labour among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them wisely, giving honour unto the woman, as unto a more fragile vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers not be hindered.

Nevertheless, let each one of you do likewise, let each one so love his wife even as himself, and let the wife see that she reverences her husband.

And those that have faithful masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren, but rather serve them better, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. Teach and exhort this.

Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence; is it not much better to be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?

Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.