56 Bible Verses about Respect
Most Relevant Verses
But also let everyone of you in particular so love his wife even as himself, and the wife that she defers to her husband.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to those good and forbearing, but also to the perverse ones.
in brotherly love to one another, loving fervently, having led one another in honor.
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and be ready always to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason of the hope in you, with meekness and fear;
Therefore let no one judge you in food or in drink, or in respect of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbaths.
and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),
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.
But he who does wrong shall receive justice for the wrong which he did, and there is no respect of persons.
But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin and are convicted by the Law as transgressors.
And masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing that your Master also is in Heaven. There is no respect of persons with Him.
Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
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;
And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your earthly residence in fear,
a nation fierce of face who shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young.
so that you may walk becomingly toward those outside, and that you may lack nothing.
You shall each man revere his mother and his father, and keep My sabbaths. I am Jehovah your God.
My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Christ, the Lord of glory, with respecter of faces.
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.
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?
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
Not that I speak according to need, for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am.
honor your father and mother, and, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
My son, fear Jehovah and the king; and do not fellowship with those who are given to change;
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.
saying, A certain judge was in a certain city, not fearing God, nor respecting man.
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.
Likewise, husbands, live together according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, the female, as truly being co-heirs together of the grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.
For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death."
To have respect of persons is not good; yea, for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.
For I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish My covenant with you.
Blessed is the man who makes Jehovah his trust and does not turn to the proud, nor to those who turn aside to a lie.
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.
desire the sincere milk of the Word, as newborn babes, so that you may grow by it;
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
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.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
And, brothers, we beseech you to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,
Much, by every way! Chiefly, indeed, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
He did not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,
Likewise the deacons are to be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of ill gain,
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
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.
Likewise, indeed, also these dreaming ones even defile flesh, and despise rulership, and speak evil of glories.
Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but of God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Therefore receive him in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in honor,
Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in Word and doctrine.
Remember those leading you, who have spoken to you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conduct:
and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
Respect » Due to the aged
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.
Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
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
in brotherly love to one another, loving fervently, having led one another in honor.
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
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
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
Blessed is the man who makes Jehovah his trust and does not turn to the proud, nor to those who turn aside to a lie.
Respect » To the aged
You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
Respect » To an army
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
Do not put yourself forth in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of the great;
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Deuteronomy 10:12-13And 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 Old People
Leviticus 19:32You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God. I am Jehovah.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fullness of it; the world, and those who dwell in it.
Respect, For God's Character
Psalm 29:2Give to Jehovah the glory due to His name; worship Jehovah in the beauty of holiness.
Respect, For Human Beings
Genesis 9:5-6and 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.
Related Topics
- Authority, of human institutions
- Being Content
- Being Gay
- Brothers Love
- Children, attitudes towards
- Christians
- Commitment, to God's people
- Fathers, Responsibilities Of
- Favouritism
- Fear God!
- Fearing God
- God, Impartiality Of
- Honour The Honourable
- Honouring Parents
- Human Authority, Christian Response
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