Quotes About Respect

For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ëKing Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.í

The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”

He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

All the royal servants at the kingís gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.

Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?

What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Will he beg you for mercy or speak to you softly?

If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,