40 Bible Verses about Respect
Most Relevant Verses
Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
However, do ye also severally love each one his own wife as himself; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and considerate, but also to the perverse.
In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.
but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts. And be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear;
Let no one then call you to account about food or drink, or a feastday, or a new moon, or sabbaths;
and to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
"Honor thy father and mother;" which is the first commandment with a promise;
and what we think to be less honorable parts of the body, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our unseemly parts have more abundant seemliness;
For he that doeth wrong, shall receive back the wrong which he hath done; and there is no respect of persons.
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening; knowing that both they and you have a Master in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons with him.
Bondservants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as serving Christ;
and ye have respect to him that weareth the splendid apparel, and say, Sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or, Sit under my footstool,
And if ye call him Father who without respect of persons judgeth according to each ones work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear;
that ye may walk becomingly toward those without, and may have need of nothing.
My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord of glory, Jesus Christ, with respect of persons.
Not that I speak on account of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.
Honor thy father and thy mother;" and, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Render to all what is due to them; tribute, to whom tribute is due; custom, to whom custom; fear, to whom fear; honor, to whom honor.
submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.
saying, There was in a certain city a judge, who feared not God, nor regarded man.
Dwell likewise, O husband, with thy wife according to knowledge, as with the weaker vessel, giving her honor as being heir with thee of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
For God commanded, saying, "Honor thy father and thy mother;" and, "He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die."
as newborn babes, desire the spiritual, pure milk, that ye may grow thereby to salvation;
Furthermore, we were chastened by the fathers of our flesh, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
And we beseech you, brethren, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you,
Great, every way. In the first place, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.
nor did he waver in respect to the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Deacons in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
Yet in like manner these dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and rail at dignities.
Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
Let every one submit to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority which is not from God: and the authorities which exist have been ordained by God.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in teaching.
Remember your leaders, who spoke to you the word of God; and considering well the end of their manner of life, imitate their faith.
and to esteem them very highly in love for their works sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
Respect » Due to the aged
Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren; the elder women, as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.
Respect » To one another
In brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in honor, give each other the preference.
Honor all men; love the brotherhood; fear God; honor the king.
doing nothing in the spirit of faction, or in the spirit of vainglory, but in humility esteeming others as better than yourselves;
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
Respect » Who the lord respects
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Respect » To the aged
Respect » To an army
But when thou art invited, go and recline in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher. Then wilt thou have honor in the presence of all who are at table with thee.
Respect » To rulers
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Acts 9:31The church therefore throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord; and by the exhortation of the Holy Spirit it was greatly increased.
Respect For Old People
1 Timothy 5:1Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren;
Respect For People
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, "Honor thy father and thy mother;" and, "He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die."
Respect, For Environment
Hebrews 2:8thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he put all things in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.
Respect, For God's Character
2 Peter 1:19-21And we have more sure the prophetic word, to which ye do well in taking heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in your hearts;
Respect, For Human Beings
Colossians 3:9-11Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds,
Self Respect
Matthew 22:39There is a second like it: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
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