1 Peter 2:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Honor everyone. Love the family of believers. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Genesis 22:12

He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

1 Chronicles 29:20

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king.

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the Lord.

Proverbs 24:21

My child, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them,

Ecclesiastes 8:2

Keep the king’s command, and because of your sacred oath

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise before the aged and defer to the old, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Zechariah 11:14

Then I broke my second staff Unity, annulling the family ties between Judah and Israel.

Matthew 22:21

They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.”

John 13:35

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Romans 12:10

love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 13:7

Pay to all what is due them: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.

Ephesians 5:21

being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.

1 Timothy 6:1

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be blasphemed.

Hebrews 13:1

Let mutual affection continue.

1 Peter 1:22

Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart.

1 Peter 2:13

For the Lord’s sake be subject to every human authority, whether to the emperor as supreme

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 15:30

Then Saul said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord your God.”