The following compilation presents the biblical concept of respect. Feel free to use the list for personal use or group reading material.
Leviticus 19:3
Let every man fear his father and his mother. Keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:32
stand up before the elders and revere the elders and fear your God, I am the Lord
Psalm 119:6
Then I will not be confused when I look at all your commands.
Psalm 119:15
I will obey your commandments and consider your ways.
Proverbs 11:16
A woman who pleases worships, and the merciless acquire wealth alone.
Proverbs 13:13
He who despises discipline will repay him;
Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is honored at the gate of the city, where he sits with the senators of the land.
Malachi 1:6
A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is my honor? if I am the Lord, where is my fear? But you say: How have we despised your name?
Matthew 5:43-48
You have heard that it was said: You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. what salary will you have? Do you do this? And if you greet only your brothers, what else do you do for others?
Romans 13:7
Give to every man what he owes: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor
Ephesians 5:22
Submit women to men as to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and himself He delivered for her
Ephesians 5:33
Nevertheless, let each of you also love his wife as himself >.
Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just. “Honor your father and your mother” – which is the first commandment of the promise – that it may be well with you and that you may live a long life on earth.
Ephesians 6:5
Servants, obey your earthly masters with reverence and fear, and in sincerity of heart, as you obey Christ.
Colossians 3:20-21
Children, obey your parents in everything: for this is acceptable in the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, lest they become small-minded.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to do your business, to work with your hands, as we told you, so that your daily life may gain the respect of strangers, and that you may not depend on anyone.
1 Thessalonians 5:12
Now we ask you, brothers, to pay attention to those who are laboring among you, who are presiding over you in the Lord and admonishing you.
1 Timothy 3:2-4
But a steward must be a man of reproach, a man of one wife, temperate, modest, honest, hospitable, learned, not drunken, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous. He must manage his family well and see to it that his children obey him honorably.
1 Timothy 3:8
Let the deacons also be worthy of honor, sincere, not indulging in too much wine, and not following covetousness.
1 Timothy 3:11
Similarly, their wives must be women worthy of honor, not malicious talkers, but modest and trustworthy in everything.
Titus 2:2
Teach the elders to be sober, honest, chaste, and sound in faith, charity, and patience.
Hebrews 12:9
We had human fathers who taught us and we respected that. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live!
James 1:19-20
Notice, dear brothers, that everyone is quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger, because the anger of man does not produce the right life that God desires.
1 Peter 2:17
Have reverence for all: love the brotherhood of believers: fear God, honor the king.
1 Peter 3:7
Treat men in the same way, as you live with your wives, and treat them as weaker spouses, and as heirs of life with you, so that nothing hinders your prayers.
1 Peter 3:15
but separate Christ the Lord in your hearts. Always be ready to give satisfaction to anyone who asks you to give reason for the hope you have. But do this with gentleness and reverence.
Source: Holy Bible, New Vulgate
