13 Bible Verses about Respect For People

For God said--'Honor thy father and mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,'

For while Moses said 'Honor thy father and thy mother,' and 'Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,'

You know the commandments--'Do not kill. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not say what is false about others. Do not cheat. Honor thy father and thy mother.'"

'Honor thy father and mother'--this is the first Commandment with a promise--'

Give him, then, the heartiest of Christian welcomes, and hold such men in great honour.

We beg you, Brothers, to value those who toil among you, and are your leaders in the Lord's service, and give you counsel.

Again, those of you who are married men should live considerately with their wives, showing due regard to their sex, as weaker than their own, and not forgetting that they share with you in the gift of Life. Then you will be able to pray without hindrance.

However, for you individually, let each love his wife as if she were himself; and the wife be careful to respect her husband.

Those who have Christian masters should not think less of them because they are their Brothers, but on the contrary they should serve them all the better, because those who are to benefit by their good work are dear to them as their fellow Christians. Those are the things to insist upon in your teaching.

As a last resource he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

'What shall I do?' said the owner of the vineyard. 'I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.'

Further, when our earthly fathers disciplined us, we respected them. Shall we not, then, much rather yield submission to the Father of souls, and live?