56 Bible Verses about Respect

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1 Corinthians 12:23

And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we put more abundant honor around them. And our unpresentable members have more abundant propriety.

James 2:9

But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin and are convicted by the Law as transgressors.

James 2:3

and if you have respect to him who has the fancy clothing and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, You stand there, or sit here under my footstool;

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation fierce of face who shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young.

1 Thessalonians 4:12

so that you may walk becomingly toward those outside, and that you may lack nothing.

Numbers 16:15

And Moses was very angry, and said to Jehovah, Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Malachi 1:6

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 Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. And you say, In what way have we despised Your name?

Mark 14:59

But neither was their testimony identical.

Romans 13:7

Therefore give to all their dues; to the one due tax, the tax; tribute to whom tribute is due, fear to whom fear is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

Luke 18:2

saying, A certain judge was in a certain city, not fearing God, nor respecting man.

Daniel 11:37

He will not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god. For he shall magnify himself above all.

Proverbs 28:21

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

Genesis 4:5

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You shall not respect persons in judgment. You shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Romans 3:2

Much, by every way! Chiefly, indeed, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.

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Respect » Due to rulers

1 Samuel 24:6

And he said to his men, Far be it from me, by Jehovah, if I will do this thing to my lord, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, since he is the anointed of Jehovah.

Jude 1:8

Likewise, indeed, also these dreaming ones even defile flesh, and despise rulership, and speak evil of glories.

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 you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Do not sharply rebuke an elder, but exhort as a father, and the younger ones as brothers, older women as mothers, the younger as sisters in all purity.

Respect » To one another

Respect » Who the lord does not respect

Job 37:23-24

The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, is exalted in power; and to judgment and overflowing righteousness He does no violence. Therefore, men fear Him; He does not respect any who are wise in heart.

Respect » Who the lord respects

Psalm 138:6

Though Jehovah is high, yet He has respect to the lowly; but the proud He knows afar off.

Respect » Those that do not respect the proud

Respect » To the aged

Respect » To an army

Luke 14:10

But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then glory shall be to you before those reclining with you.

Respect » To rulers

Proverbs 25:6

Do not put yourself forth in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great;

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Attitudes Of Respect

Deuteronomy 10:12-13

And now, Israel, what does Jehovah your God ask of you, but to fear Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Respect, For Environment

Psalm 24:1-2

A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who dwell in it.

Respect, For Human Beings

Genesis 9:5-6

and surely 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 every man's brother will I require the life of man.

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