HONOR

(See also Glory; Recognition; Respect)

attitude toward honor:

first-century Greeks, Romans, Jews: w10 8/15 3-4

balance in showing: w17.03 9-12

being honorable: w02 11/15 19

benefits of showing: w17.03 12

desire for: w87 12/15 16

discussion: it-1 1135-1136; w17.03 8-12; w08 10/15 21-25; w00 6/15 17-22; w99 8/1 16-21

employer-employee relationships: w91 2/1 21; w86 11/15 17-18

for authority: w08 10/15 23; w00 6/15 12-17

for children:

grown children: w00 6/15 21

when disciplining: w00 6/15 20-21

for coworkers: w21.12 28-29

for elders: it-2 782; w17.03 11-12; w08 10/15 22-23; w00 6/15 16-17, 21-22; w91 2/1 23; w86 6/1 23-24

by fellow elders: w10 10/15 18; w88 10/1 16-18

“double honor” (1Ti 5:17): it-1 1194; it-2 782; w89 9/15 22

for fellow Christians: w25.04 16-17; it-1 1135-1136; it-2 782; w17.10 9; w10 10/15 16-20; w08 10/15 24-25; w08 12/15 30; w02 11/15 18-19; w00 6/15 21-22; w00 8/15 24; w91 2/1 22-24

for governmental authorities: scl 57; it-2 783; lvs 54-55; w17.03 10, 12; lv 44-45; g 9/08 20-21; w02 11/1 13; w00 6/15 14; w92 6/1 16-17; w91 2/1 20-21; w90 11/1 25

early Christians: w96 5/1 6

not partiality: it-1 1194

for husband: w25.09 16; it-2 782; g02 2/8 11; w00 6/15 14-15; w91 2/1 22

for Jehovah: it-1 1135-1136; it-2 782; w17.03 8-9; w08 10/15 21-22; w02 2/15 5; w99 8/1 21; w97 11/1 26-27; w91 2/1 10-14; w87 12/15 15-20

all may share: w90 7/1 29-31

by displaying dignity: w08 8/15 12-16

Jehovah’s name: w13 3/15 24-28; w08 10/15 21; rq 27; w88 6/15 11

‘with valuable things’ (Pr 3:9): w13 6/15 14-15; w00 1/15 24-25; w97 11/1 26-29; w93 12/15 17-18; g88 4/22 9-10; w87 12/15 19-20

for Jehovah’s spokesmen: it-2 782

for Jesus Christ: it-1 1136; w17.03 9; w91 2/1 15-19

before birth: jy 12; gt chapter 2

for “men of all sorts” (1Pe 2:17): wp24.1 11

for mother: scl 81

for non-Witnesses: w08 10/15 25; w00 6/15 22; w99 8/1 20-21

for older people: w14 3/15 20-24; w10 5/15 6-7; w08 10/15 21; w00 6/15 21; w99 8/1 20; g99 4/8 31; w93 3/15 29-30; w87 6/1 4-7

for parents: w25.09 16-17; ijwbq article 130; ijwbv article 7; lff lesson 50; g21.1 5; it-2 782-783; mwb18.02 4; w07 2/15 23; w04 10/15 23-24; w00 6/15 15-16; w92 10/15 12-13; w91 2/1 21-22; g91 3/22 3-4; yp 11-17; g88 4/8 22-24; g88 4/22 20-22

aged parents: ijwbq article 130; w14 3/15 21-22; w04 5/15 15-17; w04 6/15 14; w00 6/15 21; w97 9/1 4-7; fy 149, 173-182

problem parents: w00 6/15 15-16; g95 5/22 24-25

for people: w17.03 9

for religious leaders: w17.03 10

for sick and elderly: w93 8/1 28-29

for the dead: g99 2/8 10-11; rs 30-31

for “the king” (1Pe 2:17): w12 12/15 23; w02 11/1 14; w96 5/1 6, 8; w91 2/1 20

for those fearing Jehovah (Ps 15:4): w24.06 12; w89 9/15 28

for widows: w01 5/1 6

for wife: w25.01 8-13; w25.09 16; cl 99-100; w21.07 22; it-2 782; w15 11/15 23; bhs 146; w10 5/15 11-12; w09 7/15 8-9; g 1/08 7; w07 2/15 14-15; w06 5/15 32; w05 3/1 17; g02 2/8 11; w00 6/15 19-20; w95 7/15 19-20; kl 143-144; g94 10/8 20-21; w91 2/1 22

from men, fleeting: w87 12/15 16

Greek word: w10 10/15 16; w97 11/1 26; w95 7/15 19; w91 2/1 10

Hebrew words: w10 10/15 16; w97 11/1 26; w91 2/1 10

Jehovah honors others: w00 6/15 19

humans: w21.08 3, 5; it-2 782; w13 2/15 25-26; w99 8/1 16-18

Jesus honors others: w00 6/15 19

meaning of term: w25.09 14-15; w17.03 8; w10 10/15 16; w99 8/1 16; w91 2/1 10-11; g88 4/8 22

propriety of accepting: w91 2/1 22

respect differs: w10 10/15 16