56 Bible Verses about Respect
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Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself: and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.
Let no man therefore judge you in food, or in drink, or in respect of a holy-day, or or the new-moon, or of the sabbaths:
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise)
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
But he that doeth wrong, will receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young:
That ye may walk honestly towards them that are without, and that ye may have need of nothing.
Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
And Moses was very wroth, and said to the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
A son honoreth 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? saith the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what have we despised thy name?
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, with that to be content.
Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
Saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, neither regarded man.
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
For God commanded, saying, Honor thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
To have respect of persons is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
For I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but 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 cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
As new-born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
Let the elders that rule well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.
Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life.
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And 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 ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you my opinion.
Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Respect » To one another
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice: he will not afflict. Men therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Respect » Who the lord respects
Though the LORD is high, yet hath he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Respect » To the aged
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Respect » To an army
But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honor in the presence of them that sit at table with thee.
Respect » To rulers
Put not forth thyself 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 doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Respect For Old People
Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Respect, For God's Character
Psalm 29:2Give to the LORD, the glory due to his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Respect, For Human Beings
Genesis 9:5-6And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast 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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- 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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