100 Bible Verses About Respect

Bible verses about Respect

Within the sacred pages of scripture, we discover that respect is not merely a social nicety, but a divine imperative. Exploring Bible verses about respect reveals a profound connection between honoring God and valuing His creation, including ourselves and others. Understanding respect through a biblical lens transforms our interactions, fostering compassion, empathy, and humility. As we delve into these verses, we unlock the transformative power of treating each individual with the dignity they deserve, mirroring the unconditional love and respect God bestows upon us all. Let these scriptures guide you toward a life of reverence, honoring God in every thought, word, and deed.

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Numbers 30:3 (KJV)

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

Respect: Bible Verses for Honoring Others

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.

Leviticus 8:16KJV

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

Exodus 33:23KJV

The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,

Exodus 35:12KJV

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.

Genesis 23:12KJV

And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

Genesis 18:17KJV

Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Genesis 49:9KJV

But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

Psalms 103:17KJV

And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

Genesis 43:24KJV

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

Psalms 133:1KJV

And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.

Judges 20:44KJV

And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

1 Chronicles 6:14KJV

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Job 15:7KJV

One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

Numbers 7:56KJV

Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

Deuteronomy 4:3KJV

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

Joshua 5:3KJV

And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:

1 Samuel 9:12KJV

And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Exodus 18:27KJV

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Proverbs 3:15KJV

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2 Samuel 5:1KJV

Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

1 Kings 8:41KJV

That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Joshua 4:6KJV

And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.

Exodus 7:7KJV

And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

Exodus 37:10KJV

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

Numbers 30:3KJV

He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

2 Chronicles 27:3KJV

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Numbers 1:10KJV

These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

Numbers 26:58KJV

And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep: for she kept them.

Genesis 29:9KJV

And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Numbers 34:19KJV

Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:7KJV

All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of thy mouth.

Psalms 138:4KJV

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 3:14KJV

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

Exodus 12:46KJV

For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Psalms 135:5KJV

Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

Numbers 32:4KJV

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

Genesis 23:9KJV

The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,

Exodus 35:13KJV

And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan–aram.

Genesis 35:26KJV

Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

1 Kings 14:7KJV

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

Numbers 7:51KJV

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Proverbs 1:5KJV

And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

2 Chronicles 2:13KJV

For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

Psalms 132:10KJV

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 22:8KJV

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

Deuteronomy 14:6KJV

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

1 Kings 10:23KJV

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

Numbers 18:18KJV

And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.

Exodus 25:26KJV

With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

Exodus 28:11KJV

And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

2 Samuel 7:26KJV

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

1 Kings 2:10KJV

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:

Genesis 43:20KJV

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Genesis 26:5KJV

And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:

Genesis 50:12KJV

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Exodus 3:2KJV

And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

Joshua 9:9KJV

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 18:21KJV

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Psalms 2:11KJV

And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:

Deuteronomy 11:20KJV

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

Numbers 34:24KJV

For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

Exodus 33:5KJV

Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

1 Samuel 14:40KJV

And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.

Exodus 8:10KJV

To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

Psalms 63:2KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

Exodus 8:16KJV

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:6KJV

And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Numbers 19:16KJV

His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

Psalms 21:5KJV

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

Psalms 104:1KJV

Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

Leviticus 11:42KJV

And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

Exodus 33:20KJV

But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 21:30KJV

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer–sheba unto this day.

Genesis 26:33KJV

And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

Exodus 11:4KJV

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Proverbs 8:33KJV

We have therefore brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.

Numbers 31:50KJV

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:2KJV

Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

Psalms 68:26KJV

And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

2 Samuel 3:5KJV

Thou shalt have none other gods before me.

Deuteronomy 5:7KJV

And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 29:40KJV

Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

1 Samuel 12:13KJV

And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Exodus 25:40KJV

And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

Exodus 32:15KJV

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.

Deuteronomy 15:23KJV

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

Joshua 15:55KJV

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

Numbers 3:37KJV

Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

Exodus 29:15KJV

Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:19KJV

Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

Proverbs 25:9KJV

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Job 38:37KJV

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,

Joshua 1:1KJV

And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

1 Kings 2:16KJV

And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

Exodus 29:24KJV

By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.

Joshua 14:2KJV

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:7KJV

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

Leviticus 23:24KJV

O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Psalms 119:5KJV

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 10:13KJV

And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?

Genesis 24:23KJV

In conclusion, the Bible offers profound guidance on respect, emphasizing its multifaceted nature. It calls us to honor God, treat others with dignity, value authority, and even extend consideration to ourselves and the earth. These verses demonstrate that respect isn't merely politeness; it's a foundational principle for building healthy relationships, fostering thriving communities, and ultimately, reflecting God's own character. Let these scriptures serve as a constant reminder to examine our attitudes and actions. Are we truly honoring those around us? Are we approaching authority with humility? May we strive to cultivate a heart of respect in all areas of our lives, allowing God's love to shine through our interactions and bring about a world marked by genuine kindness and understanding.