56 Bible Verses about Respect
Most Relevant Verses
But ye also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife I speak that she may fear the husband.
Servants, be subject with all fear to your masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the ill-tempered.
as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
but sanctify the Lord the Christ in your hearts, and be always prepared to give an answer to every one that asks you to give an account of the hope that is in you, but with meekness and fear;
Let none therefore judge you in meat or in drink, or in matter of feast, or new moon, or sabbaths,
and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.
Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,
and those parts of the body which we esteem to be the more void of honour, these we clothe with more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;
For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.
But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.
Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;
and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool:
And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,
a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;
that ye may walk reputably towards those without, and may have need of no one.
Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.
My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of glory, with respect of persons:
Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Not that I speak as regards privation, for as to me I have learnt in those circumstances in which I am, to be satisfied in myself.
Honour thy father and thy mother, and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
Render to all their dues: to whom tribute is due, tribute; to whom custom, custom; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour.
saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God and not respecting man:
And he will not regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women; nor regard any +god: for he will magnify himself above all.
Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, as with a weaker, even the female, vessel, giving them honour, as also fellow-heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.
For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.
and upon Cain, and on his offering, he did not look. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
And I will turn my face towards you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment: ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the matter that is too hard for you shall ye bring to me, that I may hear it.
as newborn babes desire earnestly the pure mental milk of the word, that by it ye may grow up to salvation,
Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,
Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
and hesitated not at the promise of God through unbelief; but found strength in faith, giving glory to God;
Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
From Thematic Bible
Respect » Due to rulers
And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, Jehovah's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, for he is the anointed of Jehovah.
Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.
Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above him. For there is no authority except from God; and those that exist are set up by God.
Thou shalt not revile the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.
Respect » Due to religious leaders
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;
Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;
Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.
and to regard them exceedingly in love on account of their work. Be in peace among yourselves.
Respect » Due to the aged
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brethren, elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.
Respect » To one another
as to brotherly love, kindly affectioned towards one another: as to honour, each taking the lead in paying it to the other:
let nothing be in the spirit of strife or vain glory, but, in lowliness of mind, each esteeming the other as more excellent than themselves;
Respect » Who the lord does not respect
The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict. Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Respect » Who the lord respects
For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.
Respect » Those that do not respect the proud
Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.
Respect » To the aged
Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Respect » To an army
But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;
Respect » To rulers
Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of the great;
Topics on Respect
Attitudes Of Respect
Deuteronomy 10:12-13And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Respect For Old People
Leviticus 19:32Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.
Respect For People
Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
Respect, For Environment
Psalm 24:1-2{Of David. A Psalm.} The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Respect, For God's Character
Psalm 29:2Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name; worship Jehovah in holy splendour.
Respect, For Human Beings
Genesis 9:5-6And indeed your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each the blood of his brother, will I require the life of Man.
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- Fearing God
- God, Impartiality Of
- Honour The Honourable
- Honouring Parents
- Human Authority, Christian Response
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