'Respect' in the Bible
And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, let that be to thee a covering of the eyes, in respect of all that are with thee, and with all; and she was reproved.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: 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 matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Yet have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day;
And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time.
Yet have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;
And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.
Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant in respect of the day, and my covenant in respect of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault; inasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
And I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because ye have not kept my ways, but have respect of persons in administering the law.
And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.
Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.
And he would not for a time; but afterwards he said within himself, If even I fear not God and respect not man,
And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect him.
And when both Silas and Timotheus came down from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in respect of the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God;
Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes:
I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus;
So that whosoever shall eat the bread, or drink the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty in respect of the body and of the blood of the Lord.
For also that which was glorified is not glorified in this respect, on account of the surpassing glory.
Great is my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.
But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made void in this respect, in order that, as I have said, ye may be prepared;
For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.
I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.
esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.
My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of glory, with respect of persons:
But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Admiration (7 instances)
- Attention (482 instances)
- Consideration (22 instances)
- Courtesy (7 instances)
- Deference (5 instances)
- Esteem (34 instances)
- Esteem (34 instances)
- Estimation (36 instances)
- Hail (44 instances)
- Hallow (73 instances)
- Honor (355 instances)
- Honour (479 instances)
- Obedience (95 instances)
- Observe (357 instances)
- Prize (15 instances)
- Regard (312 instances)
- Respect (356 instances)
- Value (163 instances)
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