44 Bible Verses about Respect, For God's Character

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Deuteronomy 5:11

Thou shalt not lift up the name of Jehovah thy God for evil, for Jehovah will not acquit whoever shall lift up his name for evil.

Exodus 23:20-21

Behold, I send a messenger before thee to guard thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I prepared. Watch from his face, and hear to his voice; thou shalt not rebel against him: he will not lift up your transgression; for my name is in the midst of him.

Leviticus 22:31-33

And ye watched my commands and did them: I Jehovah. And ye did not profane my holy name; I was consecrated in the midst of the sons of Israel: I Jehovah consecrating you. Having brought you forth from the land of Egypt to be to you for God: I Jehovah.

Leviticus 24:10-16

And the son of a woman, an Israelitess, will go forth (he the son of a man an Egyptian) into the midst of the sons of Israel: and they will strive in the camp,the son of the Israelitess, and the man the Israelite. And the son of the woman the Israelitess, will curse the name, and will vilify, and they will bring him to Moses: and his mother's name Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, to the tribe of Dan. And they placed him in watch, to declare distinctly to them by the mouth of Jehovah.read more.
And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Bring him vilifying, without the camp; and all they hearing, placed their hands upon his head, and all the assembly stoned him. And to the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, When a man, a man shall curse his God and he bore his sin. And he vilifying the name of Jehovah, dying, shall die; stoning, all the assembly shall stone him: as the stranger so the native, in his vilifying the name, he shall die.

Psalm 86:9-11

All the nations which thou madest shall come and worship before thee, O Jehovah, and they shall do honor to thy name. For great art thou, and doing wonders: thou God alone. Teach me, O Jehovah, thy way; I will go in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Jeremiah 3:16-17

And it was that ye shall be multiplied and be fruitful in the land in those days, says Jehovah; they shall no more say, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah: and it shall not come up upon the heart, and they shall not remember upon it, and they shall not review and it shall be clone no more. In that time they shall call to Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all nations assembled together to her to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: and they shall no more go after the stubbornness of their evil heart

Malachi 2:1-2

And now to you this command, O ye priests. If ye will not hear and if ye will not set upon your heart to give honor to my name, said Jehovah of armies, and I sent a curse upon you, and I cursed your blessings, and also I cursed it for your not setting upon the heart.

Exodus 3:5-6

And he will say, Thou shalt not draw near hither; draw off thy shoes from thy feet, for the place which thou standest upon it, this is holy land. And he will say, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaak and the God of Jacob. And Moses will hide his face, for he will be afraid to look to God.

Exodus 33:19-23

And he will say, I will cause all my good to pass by before thee, and I called upon the name of Jehovah before thee; and I compassionated whom I will compassionate, and I pitied whom I will pity. And he will say, Thou shalt not be able to see my face: for none shall see my face, and live. And Jehovah will say, Behold, a place with me, and stand thou upon the rock.read more.
And it was in the passing by of my glory, and I put thee in a cavern of the rock; and I hedged in with my hand upon thee till I passed by. And I turned aside my hand, and thou sawest behind me: and they shall not see my face.

Psalm 89:7

God being greatly terrible in the council of the holy ones and to be feared by all round about him.

Isaiah 6:1-5

In the year king Uzziah died, and I shall see Jehovah sitting upon his throne, high and lifted up, and his train filling the temple. And seraphs standing from above to it; six wings, six wings to one; with two he will cover his face, and with two he will cover his feet, and with two he will fly. And this called to this, and said, Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah of armies: all the earth full of his glory.read more.
The foundations of the thresholds will tremble from the voice calling, and the house will be filled with smoke. And saying, Wo to me! for I was cut off; because I a man of unclean lips, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips I dwell: for mine eyes saw the king, Jehovah of armies.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent from the face of the Lord Jehovah: for the day of Jehovah is near, for Jehovah prepared a swam he consecrated his called ones.

Zechariah 2:13

Be silent, all flesh, from the face of Jehovah: for he was raised from the habitation of his holiness.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Ye shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, and ye shall not take away from it., to watch the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Every word which I command you, ye shall watch to do it: thou shalt not add upon it, and thou shalt not take away from it

Joshua 1:7-8

Only be strong and be greatly active, to watch to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee: thou shalt not turn aside from it to the right and to the left, so that thou shalt be wise in all things where thou shalt go. And the book of this law shall not depart from thy mouth; and meditate thou in it day and night, so that thou shalt watch to do according to all written in it: for then thou shalt prosper thy ways, and then thou shalt be wise.

Proverbs 30:5-6

All the word of God is purified: he a shield to those trusting in him. Thou shalt not add to his words lest he reprove in thee, and thou wert false.

2 Peter 1:19-21

And we have the prophetic word more firm; which holding to, ye do well, as to a light shining in a dusty place, even till the day shine through, and the morning star spring up in your hearts: Knowing this first, that every prophecy of the writing is not of private solution. For prophecy was not once brought by the will of man: but holy men of God spake, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Revelation 22:18-19

For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this book, If any add to these things, God will add to him the blows written in this book: And if any take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the book of life, and from the holy city, and from the things written in this book.

Leviticus 19:30

My Sabbaths shall ye watch, and ye shall be afraid of my holies: I Jehovah.

1 Samuel 6:19-20

And he will strike upon the men of the House of the Sun, for they saw in the ark of Jehovah, and he will strike upon the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people will mourn because Jehovah smote among the people a great smiting. And the men of the House of the Sun will say, Who shall be able to stand before Jehovah this holy God? and to whom shall it go up from us?

2 Samuel 6:1-7

And David will yet gather together all the chosen in Israel, thirty thousand. And David will rise and go and all the people which were with him from the lords of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God which the name was called the name of Jehovah of armies sitting the cherubims over it And they caused the ark of God to ride upon a new wagon, and they will lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill: and Uzzah and his brother, sons of Abinadab, led the new wagon.read more.
And they will lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which is in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. And David and all the house of Israel playing before Jehovah upon all cypress woods, and upon harps, and upon lyres and upon drums, and upon timbrels and upon cymbals. And they will come to the threshing-floor of Nachon, and Uzzah will stretch forth to the ark of God and lay hold upon its for the oxen kicked. And the anger of Jehovah will kindle against Uzzah, and God will strike him there for the error, and he will die there with the ark of God.

Matthew 21:12-13

And Jesus came into the temple of God, and cast out all those selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the money-changers' tables, and the seats of those selling doves, And he says to them, It was written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; and ye have made it a den of robbers.

Mark 11:15-17

And they come to Jerusalem : and Jesus having entered into the temple, began to cast out those selling and buying in the temple; and the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those selling doves he overturned; And he permitted not that any should bring a vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying to them, Has it not been written, That my house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations and ye made it a den of robbers.

Luke 19:45-46

And having come into the temple, he began to cast out them selling and buying in it; Saying to them, It has been written, My house is the house of prayer: and ye have made it a den of robbers.

John 2:13-17

And the pascha of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple those selling oxen and sheep and doves, and money-changers sitting; And having made a scourge of ropes, he cast all out of the temple, also sheep, and oxen; and poured out the small coin of money-changers, and overturned the tables;read more.
And he said to those selling doves, Take away these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thine house has eaten me up.

Jeremiah 7:11

Was this house which my name was called upon it a cave of those breaking down in your eyes? also I, behold, I saw, says Jehovah.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

And we ask you, brethren, to know those being fatigued among you, and set over you in the Lord, and reminding you; And to think them above ordinary in love for their work. Live in peace in yourselves.

Acts 23:1-5

And Paul, having looked intently to the council, said, Men, brethren, I have lived as a citizen in all good conscience to God till this day. And the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to strike his month. Then said Paul to him, God is about to strike thee, thou wall covered with dust: and sittest thou judging me according to law, and commanded me to be struck illegally?read more.
And they standing by said, Revilest thou God's chief priest? And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it has been written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

Exodus 22:28

Thou shalt not make light of God, and thou shalt not curse the chiefs of thy people.

Acts 28:7-10

And with them about that place was landed property to the first of the island, by name Publius; who having received us, lodged us with friendship three days. And it was the father of Publius lay, held fast with fever and dysentery: to whom Paul, having come in and prayed, laid hands upon him, and healed him. Then this done, the rest having sicknesses in the island, came near, and were cured:read more.
And they honoured us with many honours; and to us getting under weigh, they set things for need.

Philippians 2:29-30

Therefore receive him in the Lord with all joy; and hold such esteemed. Because for the work of Christ he drew near to death, having exposed the soul to danger, that he might fill up your want of service to me.

1 Timothy 5:17-18

Let the elders having presided well be deemed worthy of double honour, chiefly they being wearied in word and doctrine. For the writing says, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox grinding. And, The laborer worthy of his hire.

Exodus 20:20

And Moses will say to the people, Ye shall not fear; for for this cause God came to try you, that his fear shall be to your faces, so that ye shall not sin.

2 Chronicles 6:30-31

And wilt thou hear from the heavens the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and give to each according to his ways, winch thou wilt know his heart? for thou alone knewest the heart of the sons of men So that they shall fear thee to walk in thy ways all the days which they live upon the face of the land which thou gavest to our fathers.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity shall be expiated: and in the fear of Jehovah a departing from evil.

1 Peter 1:14-17

As children of obedience, not as formerly conforming yourselves to eager desire in your ignorance: But according to the holy one calling you, also should ye yourselves be holy in all turning back; For it has been written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.read more.
And if ye call upon the Father, judging without distinction of persons according to the work of each, in fear be occupied in the time of your sojourning:

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