Quotes About Respect

When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abnerís tomb, and all the people wept.

And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”

“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

Also, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.

“Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.

When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.

Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”

So the king was told, “Nathan the prophet is here.” And Nathan went in and bowed facedown before the king.

Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king stood up to greet her, bowed to her, and sat down on his throne. Then the king had a throne brought for his mother, who sat down at his right hand.

After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.

saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.

ëDo not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!í

David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.

They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the king

Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.

but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.