Bible Verses About Respect for Life

For there is no respect of persons with God.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not kill.

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

This is the first and great commandment.

Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?