56 Bible Verses about Respect

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1 Corinthians 12:23

and those parts of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;

James 2:9

But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

James 2:3

and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;

Numbers 16:15

Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Philippians 4:11

Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me I have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.

Mark 14:59

And neither thus did their testimony agree.

Luke 18:2

saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God and not respecting man:

Daniel 11:37

And he will not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women; nor regard any +god: for he will magnify himself above all.

Proverbs 28:21

To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

Genesis 4:5

and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

Deuteronomy 1:17

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Romans 3:2

Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God.

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Respect » Due to rulers

1 Samuel 24:6

And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.

Jude 1:8

Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.

Respect » Due to religious leaders

Respect » Due to the aged

Job 32:6

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren, elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

Respect » To one another

Respect » Who the lord does not respect

Job 37:23-24

The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict. Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

Respect » Who the lord respects

Psalm 138:6

For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.

Respect » Those that do not respect the proud

Respect » To the aged

Respect » To an army

Luke 14:10

But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

Respect » To rulers

Proverbs 25:6

Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of the great;

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Attitudes Of Respect

Deuteronomy 10:12-13

And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Respect, For Environment

Psalm 24:1-2

{Of David. A Psalm.} The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Respect, For Human Beings

Genesis 9:5-6

And indeed your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each the blood of his brother, will I require the life of Man.

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