56 Bible Verses about Respect

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1 Corinthians 12:23

and those that we think to be less honourable of the body, around these we put more abundant honour, and our unseemly things have seemliness more abundant,

James 2:9

and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

James 2:3

and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, 'Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, 'Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

Deuteronomy 28:50

a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;

Numbers 16:15

And it is very displeasing to Moses, and he saith unto Jehovah, 'Turn not Thou unto their present; not one ass from them have I taken, nor have I afflicted one of them.'

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth a father, and a servant his master. And if I am a father, where is Mine honour? And if I am a master, where is My fear? Said Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests, despising My name! And ye have said: 'In what have we despised Thy name?'

Mark 14:59

and neither so was their testimony alike.

Romans 13:7

render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

Luke 18:2

saying, 'A certain judge was in a certain city -- God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding --

Daniel 11:37

And unto the God of his fathers he doth not attend, nor to the desire of women, yea, to any god he doth not attend, for against all he magnifieth himself.

Proverbs 28:21

To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

Genesis 4:5

and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

Leviticus 26:9

'And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;

Deuteronomy 1:17

ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

Leviticus 19:15

'Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

Romans 3:2

much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God;

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Respect » Due to rulers

1 Samuel 24:6

and he saith to his men, 'Far be it from me, by Jehovah; I do not do this thing to my lord -- to the anointed of Jehovah -- to put forth my hand against him, for the anointed of Jehovah he is.'

Jude 1:8

In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of,

Respect » Due to religious leaders

Respect » Due to the aged

Job 32:6

And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answereth and saith: -- Young I am in days, and ye are age Therefore I have feared, And am afraid of shewing you my opinion.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

An aged person thou mayest not rebuke, but be entreating as a father; younger persons as brethren; aged women as mothers, younger ones as sisters -- in all purity;

Respect » To one another

Respect » Who the lord does not respect

Job 37:23-24

The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness, Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart.

Respect » Who the lord respects

Psalm 138:6

For high is Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

Respect » Those that do not respect the proud

Respect » To the aged

Respect » To an army

Luke 14:10

'But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

Respect » To rulers

Proverbs 25:6

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

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Deuteronomy 10:12-13

'And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

Respect, For Environment

Psalm 24:1-2

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

Respect, For Human Beings

Genesis 9:5-6

'And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;

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