'Respect' in the Bible
Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable.
In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.
You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another.
a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young.
Therefore the Lord has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.
“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?’ says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
Not even in this respect was their testimony consistent.
saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.
For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,
The owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’
They also honored us with many marks of respect; and when we were setting sail, they supplied us with all we needed.
Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison.But in whatever respect anyone else is bold—I speak in foolishness—I am just as bold myself.
I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.
For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.
Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—
not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect.
like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable.