Honoring God

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. — read the full passage →

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. — read the full passage →

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

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 the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) — read the full passage →

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi. — read the full passage →

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, — read the full passage →

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: — read the full passage →

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, — read the full passage →

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? — read the full passage →

A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. — read the full passage →

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. — read the full passage →

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. — read the full passage →

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; — read the full passage →

When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! — read the full passage →

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.