56 Bible Verses about Respect
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See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.
Nevertheless, do ye so that every one of you love his wife truly even as himself: And let the wife see that she fear her husband.
Servants obey your masters with all fear, not only if they be good and courteous: but also though they be froward.
Be kind one to another, with brotherly love. In giving honour go one before another.
but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, and that with meekness and fear:
Let no man therefore trouble your consciences about meat and drink: or for a piece of a holy day, as the holy day of the new moon, or of the Sabbath day:
and give you exhortation, that ye have them the more in love: For their work's sake, and be at peace with them.
"Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise,
And upon those members of that body which we think least honest, put we most honesty on. And our ungoodly parts have most beauty on.
But he that doth wrong shall receive for the wrong that he hath done: for there is no respect of persons.
But if ye regard one person more than another, ye commit sin, and are rebuked of the law as transgressors.
And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
Servants, be obedient unto your carnal masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ:
and ye have a respect to him that weareth the gay clothing and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place," and say unto the poor, "stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool" -
And if so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person judgeth according to every man's works, see that ye pass the time of your pilgrimage in fear:
a hard-favoured nation which shall not regard the person of the old nor have compassion on the young.
that ye may behave yourselves honestly toward them that are without and that nothing be lacking unto you.
See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.
Brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory in respect of persons.
And Moses waxed very angry and said unto the LORD, "Turn not unto their offerings. I have not taken so much as an ass from them, neither have vexed any of them."
"Should not a son honour his father, and a servant his master? If I be now a father, where is mine honour? If I be the LORD, where am I feared? sayeth the LORD of Hosts, now, to you priests that despise my name. And if ye say, 'Wherein have we despised thy name?'
Thou shalt rise up before the hoar head and reverence the face of the old man; and dread thy God, for I am the LORD.
I speak not because of necessity. For I have learned in whatsoever estate I am, therewith to be content.
Honour father and mother: and thou shalt love thine neighbor as thyself."
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:
Give to every man therefore his duty: Tribute to whom tribute belongeth: Custom to whom custom is due: fear to whom fear belongeth: Honour to whom honour pertaineth.
submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
saying, "There was a Judge in a certain city, which feared not God neither regarded man.
He shall not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desires of women. Yea, he shall not care for any God, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Likewise, ye men, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as unto them that are heirs also of the grace of life, that your prayers be not let.
For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother,' and, 'He that curseth father or mother, shall suffer death.'
To have respect of persons in judgment is not good: And why? He will do wrong; yea, even for a piece of bread.
but unto Cain and unto his offering, looked he not. And Cain was wroth exceedingly, and lowered.
And I will turn unto you and increase you and multiply you, and set up my covenant with you.
Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.
See that ye know no man in judgment: but hear the small as well as the great and be afraid of no man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring unto me and I will hear it.'
and as newborn babes desire that reasonable milk which is without corruption, that ye may be grown therein.
Moreover, seeing we had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: should we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spiritual gifts that we might live?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shalt not favour the poor nor honour the mighty, but shalt judge thy neighbour righteously.
"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of holy things is understanding.
We beseech you brethren, that ye know them which labour among you, and have the oversight of you in the Lord,
Surely, very much. First: unto them was committed the word of God.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief: But was made strong in the faith, and gave honour to God,
Likewise must the deacons be honest, not double tongued, not given unto much drinking, neither unto filthy lucre:
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
And he said unto his men, "The LORD keep me from doing that thing unto my master that is the LORD's anointed, to lay mine hand upon him: seeing he is the LORD's anointed."
Likewise these dreamers defile the flesh, despise rulers, and speak evil of them that are in authority.
See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.
Let every soul submit himself unto the authority of the higher powers. For there is no power, but of God. The powers that be, are ordained of God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most specially they which labour in the word and in teaching.
Remember them which have the oversight of you, which have declared unto you the word of God: consider the conversation of their living, the end of whose conversation see that ye look upon, and follow their faith.
and give you exhortation, that ye have them the more in love: For their work's sake, and be at peace with them.
Respect » Due to the aged
So that he gave answer himself, and said, "Considering that I am young, and ye be men of age, I was afraid, and durst not show forth my mind,
Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoar head and reverence the face of the old man; and dread thy God, for I am the LORD.
Rebuke not an elder: but exhort him as a father, and the younger men as brethren, the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all pureness.
Respect » To one another
Be kind one to another, with brotherly love. In giving honour go one before another.
See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.
that nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but that in meekness of mind every man esteem others better than himself,
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
It is not we that can find out the Almighty: for in power, equity, and righteousness, he is higher than can be expressed. Seeing then that everybody feareth him, why should not all wise men also stand in fear of him?"
Respect » Who the lord respects
For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the LORD, and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies.
Respect » To the aged
Thou shalt rise up before the hoar head and reverence the face of the old man; and dread thy God, for I am the LORD.
Respect » To an army
But rather, when thou art bidden, go and sit in the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, 'Friend, sit up higher.' Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Respect » To rulers
Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and prease not into the place of great men.
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Deuteronomy 10:12-13And now, Israel, what is it that the LORD thy God requireth of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God and to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the LORD thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul,
Respect For Old People
Leviticus 19:32Thou shalt rise up before the hoar head and reverence the face of the old man; and dread thy God, for I am the LORD.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2{A Psalm of David} The earth is the LORD's, and all that therein is: the compass of the world, and all that dwell therein.
Respect, For God's Character
Psalm 29:2Give the LORD the honour due unto his name; worship the LORD with holy worship.
Respect, For Human Beings
Genesis 9:5-6For verily the blood of you, wherein your lives are, will I require: Even of the hand of all beasts will I require it, and of the hand of man and of the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man:
Self Respect
Matthew 22:39And there is another like unto this: 'Thou shalt love thine neighbor as thyself.'
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