56 Bible Verses about Respect
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to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
but ye also, every one in particular -- let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife -- that she may reverence the husband.
The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;
in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And be ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths,
and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;
honour thy father and mother,
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,
and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.
And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.
The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;
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,' --
and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,
a nation -- fierce of countenance -- which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;
Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I am Jehovah your God.
My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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.'
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?'
At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.
not that in respect of want I say it, for I did learn in the things in which I am -- to be content;
honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.'
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.
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.
saying, 'A certain judge was in a certain city -- God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding --
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.
The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them, according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;
To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.
'And I have turned unto you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;
O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
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;
as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,
Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising us, and we were reverencing them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?
'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.
'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
The commencement of wisdom is the fear of Jehovah, And a knowledge of the Holy Ones is understanding.
And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,
much in every way; for first, indeed, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God;
and at the promise of God did not stagger in unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, having given glory to God,
Ministrants -- in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
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.'
In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of,
to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,
Respect » Due to religious leaders
The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith -- considering the issue of the behaviour -- be imitating,
and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;
Respect » Due to the aged
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.
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.
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
in the love of brethren, to one another kindly affectioned: in the honour going before one another;
to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.
nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves --
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
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
For high is Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
Respect » To the aged
At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.
Respect » To an army
'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
Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
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 Old People
Leviticus 19:32At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2A Psalm of David. To Jehovah is the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.
Respect, For God's Character
Psalm 29:2Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the beauty of holiness.
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;
Self Respect
Matthew 22:39and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;
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