56 Bible Verses about Respect

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.

To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

Household slaves, submit with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.

Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor.

but honor the Messiah as Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

and to regard them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

And those parts of the body that we think to be less honorable, we clothe these with greater honor, and our unpresentable parts have a better presentation.

For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.

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But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ.

If you look with favor on the man wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here in a good place,” and yet you say to the poor man, “Stand over there,” or, “Sit here on the floor by my footstool,”

And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your temporary residence.

a ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and not sparing the young.

so that you may walk properly in the presence of outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

“Each of you is to respect his mother and father. You are to keep My Sabbaths; I am Yahweh your God.

My brothers, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

Then Moses became angry and said to the Lord, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me? says Yahweh of Hosts to you priests, who despise My name.”

Yet you ask: “How have we despised Your name?”

“You are to rise in the presence of the elderly and honor the old. Fear your God; I am Yahweh.

I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.

honor your father and your mother;
and love your neighbor as yourself.

God saw the Israelites, and He took notice.

Yet their testimony did not agree even on this.

My son, fear the Lord, as well as the king,
and don’t associate with rebels,

There is no favoritism with God.

Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.

submitting to one another
in the fear of Christ.

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

He will not show regard for the gods of his fathers, the god longed for by women, or for any other god, because he will magnify himself above all.

Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with an understanding of their weaker nature yet showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

For God said:

Honor your father and your mother; and,
The one who speaks evil of father or mother
must be put to death.

It is not good to show partiality—
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.

but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

older women as mothers, and with all propriety, the younger women as sisters.

“I will turn to you, make you fruitful and multiply you, and confirm My covenant with you.

How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!

Do not show partiality when deciding a case; listen to small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.

Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,

Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

“You must not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Now we ask you, brothers, to give recognition to those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,

Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the spoken words of God.

He did not waver in unbelief at God’s promise but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

Deacons, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money,