Quotes about Respect
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
— Genesis 9:23
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
— Genesis 13:8
And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
— Genesis 18:2
“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
— Genesis 18:3
Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
— Genesis 19:1
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
— Genesis 21:23
Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.
— Genesis 23:7
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
— Genesis 23:11
Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land
— Genesis 23:12
“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.
— Genesis 24:18
Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”
— Genesis 24:33
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
— Genesis 24:52