40 Bible Verses about Respect
Most Relevant Verses
Give due honor to all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and let the wife reverence her husband.
Ye who are servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and mild, but also to the morose:
be tenderly affected with brotherly love to each other, in honor preferring one another:
and be always ready to answer every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and reverence:
Let no one therefore judge you on account of meat, or drink, or in respect of a feast, or a new-moon, or sabbaths;
and to esteem them very highly in love, on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
Honour thy father and thy mother, (which is the first commandment with promise,)
and those which we judge the less honorable parts we clothe with more abundant honor; and so our less comely parts have more comeliness added to them, of which our comely ones have no need.
but he that doth unjustly, shall receive for what wrong he hath done; and there is no respect of persons with God:
But if ye partially respect persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
And ye masters, do the same to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that ye yourselves also have a Master in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with Him.
Servants, obey them that are your masters according to the flesh, with reverential fear, in the simplicity of your heart, as unto Christ:
and ye turn your eyes toward him that weareth the fine clothes, and say to him, Sit thou here in an honorable place; and say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
And if ye call upon the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
as we gave you in charge, that ye may walk decently toward those that are without, and may have need of no one's assistance.
My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, in a partial respect of persons.
Not that I speak on account of want; for I have learnt in whatever circumstances I am, to be contented.
and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self.
Render therefore to all what is their due: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, reverence to whom reverence, honor to whom honor.
submitting yourselves to each other in the fear of God.
saying, There was a judge in a certain city, who neither feared God, nor regarded man.
Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, yielding due respect to the wife as the weaker vessel, and as joint-heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
For God commanded saying, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that revileth father or mother, let him be put to death:
and envies, and all evil-speakings, as new-born babes desire that rational milk which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby:
Now if we had fathers of our flesh, who corrected us, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
And we entreat you, brethren, to respect those that labour among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and instruct you;
Much, every way: chiefly, because they were intrusted with the oracles of God.
He hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief: but was strong in faith, giving glory to God,
The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
So these vile dreamers also defile the flesh, despise authority, and speak evil of dignities.
Give due honor to all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Let every soul be subject to the powers that are over them: for there is no such power but from God: the powers that are over men, are appointed by God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Let the elders, who preside well, be counted worthy of double honor, especially those that labour in preaching and teaching.
Remember your guides, who spake the word of God to you; whose faith imitate, considering the happy end of their conversation.
and to esteem them very highly in love, on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
Respect » Due to the aged
Do not chide a senior, but exhort him as a father; and younger men as brethren: the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.
Respect » To one another
be tenderly affected with brotherly love to each other, in honor preferring one another:
Give due honor to all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind each esteeming others better than themselves.
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
Respect » Who the lord respects
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Respect » To the aged
Respect » To an army
But when thou art invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then wilt thou have honor before them that sit at table with thee:
Respect » To rulers
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Acts 9:31Then the churches throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had rest, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord; and through the consolation of the holy Spirit were multiplied.
Respect For Old People
1 Timothy 5:1Do not chide a senior, but exhort him as a father; and younger men as brethren:
Respect For People
Matthew 15:4For God commanded saying, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that revileth father or mother, let him be put to death:
Respect, For Environment
Hebrews 2:8For in putting all things under Him, He left nothing which was not to be in subjection to Him: though we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.
Respect, For God's Character
2 Peter 1:19-21We have also the more sure word of the prophets, to which ye do well to attend, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till the day dawn, and the morning-star rise in your hearts:
Respect, For Human Beings
Colossians 3:9-11Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil practices;
Self Respect
Matthew 22:39Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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