48 Bible Verses about honour

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Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even refined gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Proverbs 3:17

Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

Psalm 49:20

Humankind in [its] pomp, but does not understand, is like the beasts [that] perish.

Proverbs 4:8

Cherish her and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Revelation 7:12

saying, "Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength [be] to our God {forever and ever}. Amen!"

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore,' {declares} Yahweh the God of Israel, 'though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor would walk before me forever, but now,' {declares} Yahweh, 'far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt!

Revelation 5:13

And I heard every creature that [is] in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the sea and everything in them saying, "To the one who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb [be] praise and honor and glory and power {forever and ever}."

Malachi 1:6

"A son honors [his] father, and a slave his master; but if I [am] a father, where [is] my honor, and if I [am] a master, where [is] my reverence?" says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests, {who despise} my name. "But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'

Psalm 66:2

Sing the glory of his name. {Set forth his glorious praise}.

Deuteronomy 26:19

{and that he then will set you} high above all the nations that he has made for his praise and {for fame} and for honor and {for you to be a holy people} to Yahweh your God, as he {promised}."

1 Corinthians 12:23

and [the parts] of the body which we think to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor, and our unpresentable [parts] come to have more abundant presentability,

Psalm 149:9

to execute on them [the] judgment that is decreed. This [will be] honor for all his faithful ones; Praise Yah.

Psalm 8:5

And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him.

John 5:23

in order that all [people] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

2 Timothy 2:20

Now in a great house [there] are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware [ones], some of which [are] for honorable use, and some of which [are] for ordinary use.

Matthew 13:57

And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."

Romans 9:21

Or does the potter not have authority over the clay, to make from the same lump a vessel that [is] for {honorable use} and [one] that [is] for {ordinary use}?

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Honour » Due to God

Psalm 57:5

Be exalted above the heavens, O God. [Let] your glory [be] above all the earth.

Honour » Earthly » Wisdom and virtue lead to

Romans 2:10

but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.

Honour » Earthly » Offered as a bribe

1 Chronicles 29:28

And he died in a good old age, full of days, wealth, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place.

Numbers 22:17

because I will surely honor you greatly, and all that you say to me I will do. Please, come; curse this people for me.'"

2 Chronicles 17:5

So Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand. And all Judah gave tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had much wealth and honor.

2 Chronicles 32:27

And Hezekiah had very much wealth and honor, and he made storehouses for himself for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, small shields, and all [sorts of] desirable objects;

Honour » Examples of » From God

1 Kings 3:13

Too, what you have not asked I give to you: both riches and honor, [so that] no man among the kings will be like you all of your days.

Ecclesiastes 6:2

God gives a man wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; yet God does not enable him to enjoy it--instead someone else ends up enjoying it. This [is] vanity--indeed, it [is] a grievous ill!

Daniel 5:18

{O king}, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor}.

Honour » Due to religious leaders

Philippians 2:29

Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such [people] highly honored,

Honour » Earthly » Given to Christ

Luke 4:15

And he began to teach in their synagogues, [and] was praised by all.

Mark 11:8

And many [people] spread their cloaks on the road, and others [spread] leafy branches [they] had cut from the fields.

Luke 19:35

And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they put Jesus [on it].

John 12:13

took the branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and began crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord, even the king of Israel!"

Revelation 5:13

And I heard every creature that [is] in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and in the sea and everything in them saying, "To the one who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb [be] praise and honor and glory and power {forever and ever}."

Honour » Due the aged

Job 32:6

Then Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite {spoke up} and said, "{I am young}, but you are old; therefore I feared and became afraid of explaining my knowledge to you.

1 Timothy 5:1-2

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to [him] as a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

Honour » Examples of » Jesus

John 19:25-26

Now his mother and the sister of his mother, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene were standing near the cross of Jesus. So Jesus, seeing [his] mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to [his] mother, "Woman, behold your son!"

Honour » Examples of » Sons of jonadab

Jeremiah 35:8

And we obeyed the voice of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, our ancestor, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, ourselves, our wives, our sons, or our daughters,

Honour » Examples of » Elisha

1 Kings 19:20

Then he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will go after you." Then he said, "Go, return, for what I have done to you?"

Honour » Examples of » Joseph

Genesis 41:12

And there with us [was] a young man, a Hebrew servant of the chief of the guard, and we told him [the dream], and he interpreted our dreams for us, each according to his dream he interpreted.

Honour » Examples of » David

1 Samuel 22:3

And David went up from there to Mizpah of Moab. He said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother {stay} with you until I know what God will do for me."

Honour » Examples of » Solomon

1 Kings 2:19

Bathsheba came to King Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonijah, and the king got up to meet her, bowed down to her, and then sat on his throne. Then he set up a throne for the king's mother, and she sat on his right.

Honour » Earthly » Transitory

Honour » Earthly » A king's gift

Daniel 2:6

But if you tell me the dream and its explanation, you will receive gifts and rewards and great honor from me. Therefore, tell me the dream and its explanation."

Honour » Earthly » A hindrance to faith

Honour » Earthly » A tribute to success or wealth

Job 29:8

Young men saw me and stepped aside, and [the] aged rose up [and] stood.

Topics on Honour

Losing Honour

Job 19:9

He has taken my glory from me, and he has removed the crown of my head.

People Have Honour

Psalm 8:5

And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and [with] glory and [with] majesty you crowned him.

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