56 Bible Verses about Respect
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Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.
Nevertheless ye also, each one in particular, shall so love his own wife as himself, and the wife that she fear her husband.
Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.
with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. And always be ready for a defense to every man who asks you a word about the hope in you, with mildness and fear.
Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,
and to esteem them with exceptional love because of their work. Live peaceably among yourselves.
Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise,
And those things of the body presumed to be without esteem, we place around these more abundant worth. And our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety,
And he who does wrong will be recompensed what he did wrong, and there is no partiality.
And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.
Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ.
and ye have regard for the man wearing the bright clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here well, and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here below my footstool,
And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man's work, live the time of your sojourn in fear.
a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
so that ye may walk properly toward those outside, and may have nothing lacking.
Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.
My brothers, ye should not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, in favoritism.
And Moses was very angry, and said to LORD, Do not respect thou their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
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 LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy na
Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.
Not that I speak regarding need, for I have learned in what things I am to be content.
Honor the father and mother, and, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
My son, fear thou LORD and the king, [and] do not associate with those who are given to change.
Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.
submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of Christ.
saying, In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God, and did not regard man.
Neither shall he regard the gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Likewise the husbands living together knowledgably, as with a weaker vessel, apportioning worth to the female as also joint-heirs of the grace of life, for your prayers not to be hindered.
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.
To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
And I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
Blessed is the man who makes LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment. Ye shall hear the small and the great alike. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me, and I will hea
as newborn babes, long for the genuine intellectual milk, so that ye may grow by it,
Besides, we indeed have had chastisers--the fathers of our flesh--and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding.
And we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you, and who lead you in Lord, and who admonish you,
Much every way. First, because they were indeed entrusted with the oracles of God.
And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but became strong in faith, giving glory to God,
Helpers likewise, be honorable, not double-tongued, not attending to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed.
Nevertheless in the same way also these men who dream, indeed defile flesh, and reject lordship, and speak evil of dignities.
Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.
Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher, for there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God, are those that have been instituted.
Thou shall not revile the gods, nor {speak maliciously (LXX/NT)} of a ruler of thy people.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Let the elders who rule well be regarded worthy of double compensation, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith--
and to esteem them with exceptional love because of their work. Live peaceably among yourselves.
Respect » Due to the aged
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old. Therefore I held back, and dared not show you my opinion.
Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.
Do not rebuke an elder man, but entreat him as a father, younger men as brothers, elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
Respect » To one another
with brotherly love toward each other, affectionate, leading each other in recognition,
Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.
in nothing according to selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility considering each other surpassing yourselves.
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
[O] the Almighty, we cannot find him out. He is excellent in power. And in justice and abundant righteousness he will not afflict. Men therefore fear him. He does not regard any who are wise of heart.
Respect » Who the lord respects
For though LORD is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Blessed is the man who makes LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Respect » To the aged
Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.
Respect » To an army
But when thou are invited, having gone, sit down in the last place, so that when he who has invited thee comes, he will say to thee, Friend, go up higher, then it will be esteem to thee in the presence of those dining with thee.
Respect » To rulers
Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Deuteronomy 10:12-13And now, Israel, what does LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Respect For Old People
Leviticus 19:32Thou shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shall fear thy God. I am LORD.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2The earth is LORD's, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell therein.
Respect, For God's Character
Psalm 29:2Ascribe to LORD the glory due to his name. Worship LORD in holy array.
Respect, For Human Beings
Genesis 9:5-6And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, I will require. At the hand of every beast I will require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
Self Respect
Matthew 22:39And the second is like it, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
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