18 Bible Verses about Respect For People

"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.

Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.

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

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"

"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,

So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him,

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

But those who have believing masters must not show them less respectTeach them and exhort them about these things.

You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

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

He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'

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

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you.