Quotes About Respect

You must not have sexual relations with your sonís daughter or your daughterís daughter, for that would shame your family.

You must not have sexual relations with your motherís sister, for she is your motherís close relative.

You must not dishonor your fatherís brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.

You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your sonís wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.

You must not have sexual relations with your brotherís wife; that would shame your brother.

You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

You must not lie carnally with your neighborís wife and thus defile yourself with her.

You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.