46 Bible Verses about reverence
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Wherefore if we receive a kingdom which is not moved, we have grace, whereby we may serve God and please him with reverence and godly fear.
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, as ye have always obeyed - not when I was present only, but now much more in mine absence - even so work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Which in the days of his flesh, did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death: and was also heard, because of his godliness.
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.
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?
But last of all, he sent unto them his own son, saying, 'They will fear my son.'
for kings, and for all that are in authority that we may live a quiet and a peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty.
submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
But as for me, I will come into thy house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of holy things is understanding.
See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.
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.
Seeing that we have such promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and grow up to full holiness in the fear of God.
See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.
Servants obey your masters with all fear, not only if they be good and courteous: but also though they be froward.
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:
Where is now thy fear of God, thy steadfastness, thy patience, and the perfectness of thy ways?
God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
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:
"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?'
Then said the Lord of the vineyard, 'What shall I do? I will send my dear son, him peradventure they will reverence, when they see him.'
And he answered, "Nay, but I am the captain of the host of the LORD and am now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and did reverence, and said unto him, "What sayeth my Lord unto his servant?"
And as it chanced Peter to come in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
Let us hear the conclusion of all things: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that toucheth all men;
That day, the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel. And they feared him, as they feared Moses all the days of his life.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
The fear of the LORD is a stronghold; and his children are under a sure defense.
And unto man he said, 'Behold, to fear the LORD is wisdom: and to forsake evil, is understanding.'"
We will go into his tabernacle, and fall low on our knees before his footstool.
Hath my heart meddled privily with any deceit? Or, did I ever kiss mine own hand?
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, "Forsomuch as this people, when they be in trouble, do honor me with their mouth, and with their lips, whereas their heart nevertheless is far from me; and the fear which they owe unto me, that turn they to men's laws and doctrines;
Likewise, let the wives be in subjection to their husbands, that even they which believe not the word, may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives:
And the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and wenches playing in the streets thereof.
From Thematic Bible
God, Glory of » Reverence
wherethrough the name of the LORD might be feared, from the rising of the Sun: and his majesty, unto the going down of the same. For he shall come as a violent water stream, which the wind of the LORD hath moved.
God, Goodness of » Reverence
But afterward shall the children of Israel convert, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king: and in the latter days they shall worship the LORD, and his loving-kindness.
And this shall get me a name, and praise and honour, among all people of the earth, which shall hear all the good, that I will show unto them: Yea, they shall be afraid and astonished at all the good deeds and benefits that I will do for them.
Reverence » For religious leaders for word of God » For God's name
After this manner, therefore, pray ye: O our father, which art in heaven hallowed be thy name.
For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.
"Bid Aaron and his sons that they abstain from the hallowed things of the children of Israel which they have hallowed unto me, that they pollute not mine holy name: for I am the LORD.
"If thou wilt not be diligent to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, for to fear this glorious and fearful name of the LORD thy God:
Daniel also cried aloud, and said, "O that the name of God might be praised for ever and ever, for wisdom and strength are his own!
Reverence » For men of God
And when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, all the people rose up and stood every man in his tent door and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
and they did us great honour. And when we departed, they laded us with things necessary.
We beseech you brethren, that ye know them which labour among you, and have the oversight of you in the Lord, and give you exhortation, that ye have them the more in love: For their work's sake, and be at peace with them.
The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most specially they which labour in the word and in teaching.
Reverence » For parents » For 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.
Reverence » For Christ
For a certain woman, whose daughter had a foul spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet.
And, lo, there came a leper and worshipped him saying, "Master, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean."
While he thus spake unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him saying, "My daughter is even now deceased: but come and lay thy hand on her, and she shall live."
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
Reverence » Godly » Awe » For God and sacred things encouraged
And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, "Put thy shoes off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy." And Joshua did so.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. Selah.
God is greatly to be feared in the council of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
He sent redemption unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant forever. Holy and reverent is his name.
Reverence » For servants of God
Obey them that have the oversight of you, and submit yourselves to them, for they watch for your souls, even as they that must give accounts for them: that they may do it with joy, and not with grief. For that is an unprofitable thing for you.
and they did us great honour. And when we departed, they laded us with things necessary.
We beseech you brethren, that ye know them which labour among you, and have the oversight of you in the Lord, and give you exhortation, that ye have them the more in love: For their work's sake, and be at peace with them.
The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most specially they which labour in the word and in teaching.
Reverence » For parents » 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.
Reverence » For the word of God » Its words sacred, not to be altered
And if any man shall minish of the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from those things which are written in this book.
Ye shall put nothing unto the word which I command you, neither do ought therefrom, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
But whatsoever I command you, that take heed ye do: and put nought thereto, nor take ought therefrom.
Put thou nothing therefore unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found as a liar.
Reverence » For 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.
Now tarried Elihu till they had ended their communication with Job: for why? They were elder than he. So when Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, saw that these three men were not able to make Job answer, he was miscontent. 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, read more.
for I thought thus within myself: It becometh old men to speak, and the aged to teach wisdom.
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.
Reverence » For kings
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."
But David said to Abishai, "Destroy him not - for who can lay his hand on the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?"
And David said unto him, "How is it that thou wast not afraid to lay thine hand on the LORD's anointed, to destroy him?"
See that ye honour all men. Love brotherly fellowship, fear God, and honour the King.
Wish the king no evil in thy thought, and speak no hurt of the rich in thy privy chamber; for a bird of the air shall betray thy voice, and with her feathers shall she betray thy words.
Reverence » For God
Woe be unto him that chideth with his maker, the potsherd with the potter. Sayeth the clay to the potter, "What makest thou?" or "Thy work serveth for nothing?"
And Moses came down from mount Sinai, and the two tables of witness in his hand, and yet he wist not that the skin of his face shone with beams of his communing with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel looked upon Moses and saw that the skin of his face shone with beams, they were afraid to come nigh him. But he called them to him, and then Aaron and all the chief of the company came unto him, and Moses talked with them. read more.
And at the last all the children of Israel came unto him, and he commanded them all that the LORD had said unto him in mount Sinai. And as soon as he had made an end of communing with them, he put a covering upon his face. But when he went before the LORD to speak with him, he took the covering off until he came out. And he came out and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of his face shone with beams: but Moses put a covering upon his face, until he went in to commune with him.
And he said, "Come not hither, but put thy shoes off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."
And Abram fell on his face. And God talked moreover with him, saying,
And the third day in the morning there was thunder, and lightning and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the horn waxed exceeding loud, and all the people that was in the host was afraid. And Moses brought the people out of the tents to meet with God, and they stood under the hill. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke: because the LORD descended down upon it in fire. And the smoke thereof ascended up, as it had been the smoke of a kiln, and all the mount was exceeding fearful. read more.
And the voice of the horn blew and waxed louder, and louder. Moses spake, and God answered him and that with a voice. And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, even in the top of the hill, and called Moses up into the top of the hill. And Moses went up. And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go down and charge the people that they prease not up unto the LORD for to see him, and so many of them perish. And let the priests also, which come to the LORD's presence, sanctify themselves: lest the LORD smite them." Then Moses said unto the LORD, "The people cannot come up in to mount Sinai, for thou chargedest us saying, 'Set marks about the hill and sanctify it.'" And the LORD said unto him, "Away, and get thee down: and come up both thou and Aaron with thee. But let not the priests and the people presume for to come up unto the LORD: lest he smite them."
Reverence » For the sanctuary
And said unto them that sold doves, "Have these things hence, and make not my father's house a house of merchandise."
Reverence » For magistrates
namely, them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise the rulers. Presumptuous are they, and stubborn, and fear not to speak evil of them that are in authority;
Likewise these dreamers defile the flesh, despise rulers, and speak evil of them that are in authority.
Reverence » For parents
"Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.
Woe be unto him that sayeth to his father, "Why begettest thou?" And to his mother, "Why bearest thou?"
Reverence » For God's house
Topics on Reverence
Attitudes Of Reverence
Psalm 5:7But as for me, I will come into thy house, even upon the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Godly Reverence
Exodus 3:5And he said, "Come not hither, but put thy shoes off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground."
Reverence To God
Hebrews 12:28Wherefore if we receive a kingdom which is not moved, we have grace, whereby we may serve God and please him with reverence and godly fear.
Reverence, And Blessing
Psalm 128:1{A song of the stairs} Blessed are all they that fear the LORD, and walk in his ways.
Reverence, And God's Nature
1 Samuel 12:24Only fear you the LORD and serve him truly with all your hearts: for he hath done great things for you.
Reverence, And Obedience
Jonah 1:16And the men feared the LORD exceedingly: and sacrificed sacrifice unto the LORD: and vowed vows.
Reverence, And Social Behaviour
Ephesians 5:21submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.