‘Honor’ in the Bible Selected by the Editor * "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” ~ Exodus 20:12 (the Fifth of Ten Commandments). * “Those who honor me I will honor.” ~ 1 Samuel 2:30 * “All the royal officials at the king's gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.” ~ Esther 3:2 * “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops.” ~ Proverbs 3:9 * "Humility comes before honor." ~ Proverbs 15:33. * “It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.” ~ Proverbs 25:27. * “Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.” ~ Proverbs 26:1 * “The Lord says: ‘These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’” ~ Isaiah 29:13 * “He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.” ~ Jesus, John 5:23 * “Glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good.” ~ The Apostle Paul, Romans 2:10 * “Honor one another above yourselves.” ~ The Apostle Paul, Romans 12:10. * “Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.” ~ The Apostle Paul, Romans 13:7 * “You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” ~ The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 6:20 * “Welcome [Epaphroditus] in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,” ~ The Apostle Paul, Philippians 2:29 * “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” ~ The Apostle Paul, 1 Timothy 1:17. * “The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.” ~ The Apostle Paul,1 Timothy 5:17 * “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.” ~ Hebrews 2:19 * “Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.” ~ Hebrews 3:3 * “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” ~ Hebrews 13:4 * “Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.” ~ The Apostle Peter, 1 Peter 2:17 * "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." ~ Revelation 4:11
‘Honor’ in the Bible
Selected by the Editor
* "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” ~ Exodus 20:12 (the Fifth of Ten Commandments).
* “Those who honor me I will honor.” ~ 1 Samuel 2:30
* “All the royal officials at the king's gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.” ~ Esther 3:2
* “Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops.” ~ Proverbs 3:9
* "Humility comes before honor." ~ Proverbs 15:33.
* “It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.” ~ Proverbs 25:27.
* “Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.” ~ Proverbs 26:1
* “The Lord says: ‘These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’” ~ Isaiah 29:13
* “He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.” ~ Jesus, John 5:23
* “Glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good.” ~ The Apostle Paul, Romans 2:10
* “Honor one another above yourselves.” ~ The Apostle Paul, Romans 12:10.
* “Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.” ~ The Apostle Paul, Romans 13:7
* “You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.” ~ The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 6:20
* “Welcome [Epaphroditus] in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,” ~ The Apostle Paul, Philippians 2:29
* “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.” ~ The Apostle Paul, 1 Timothy 1:17.
* “The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching.” ~ The Apostle Paul,1 Timothy 5:17
* “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.” ~ Hebrews 2:19
* “Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.” ~ Hebrews 3:3
* “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” ~ Hebrews 13:4
* “Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.” ~ The Apostle Peter, 1 Peter 2:17
* "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being." ~ Revelation 4:11
‘Honor’ in History Selected by the Editor * "What is left when honor is lost?" ~ Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.), Maxims. * "And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." ~ "The Declaration of Independence," (conclusion), signed in July, 1776. * “Our own Country's Honor, all call upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble Actions.” ~ George Washington (1732-1799), General Orders, July 2, 1776. * “Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private; and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty: and this public passion must be superiour to all private passions.” ~ John Adams, letter to Mercy Warren. April 16, 1776 * “Give me enough ribbons for the chests of my soldiers and I will conquer the world.” ~ Napoleon (1769-1821). * "I would sacrifice anything but honor to save Virginia." ~ Robert E. Lee (1807 – 1870), Confederate General. * "Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man." ~ Daniel Boone (1734 – 1820), American pioneer and adventurer. * “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.” ~ Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965). Address at Harrow School, October 29, 1941. * "The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of partiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level." ~ Theodore Roosevelt; Address as President of the American Historical Society, 1912.
‘Honor’ in History
* "What is left when honor is lost?" ~ Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.), Maxims.
* "And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." ~ "The Declaration of Independence," (conclusion), signed in July, 1776.
* “Our own Country's Honor, all call upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble Actions.” ~ George Washington (1732-1799), General Orders, July 2, 1776.
* “Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private; and public virtue is the only foundation of republics. There must be a positive passion for the public good, the public interest, honour, power and glory, established in the minds of the people, or there can be no republican government, nor any real liberty: and this public passion must be superiour to all private passions.” ~ John Adams, letter to Mercy Warren. April 16, 1776
* “Give me enough ribbons for the chests of my soldiers and I will conquer the world.” ~ Napoleon (1769-1821).
* "I would sacrifice anything but honor to save Virginia." ~ Robert E. Lee (1807 – 1870), Confederate General.
* "Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man." ~ Daniel Boone (1734 – 1820), American pioneer and adventurer.
* “Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.” ~ Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965). Address at Harrow School, October 29, 1941.
* "The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of partiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level." ~ Theodore Roosevelt; Address as President of the American Historical Society, 1912.
Heroic ‘Honor’
* “Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.” ~ Benjamin_Disraeli (1804 - 1881).
* “Cowards often have full bellies but no guts.” ~ Joel Mark Solliday, Campus CrossWalk editor
* "No sadder proof can be given by man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men." ~ Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History, (1840).
* “It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” ~ Abraham Lincoln. The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. He understood the idea of devotion to a mission.
* “Kill reverence and you’ve killed the hero in man.” ~ Ayn Rand (1905-1982), The Fountainhead, 1943.
* “If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.” ~ Abigail Adams (1744-1818), Letter to John Adams, August 14, 1776.
* “All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person, and long ago we were over and done with the business of a hero, and here it comes up again: the glorification of one personality. This is not good at all.” ~ Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870 – 1924), leader of the Russian Revolution and the Russian Communist Party.
‘Honor’ in Principle Selected by the Editor * "In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." ~ C. S. Lewis, English essayist & novelist (1898 - 1963), The Abolition of Man. * “When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.” ~ Mary H. Waldrip. * "The thief who is trying to be better is ages ahead of the most honorable man who is making no such effort." ~ George MacDonald. * "The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. * “First, a man shapes his idols, then his idols shape him. We become what we honor.” ~ Wisdom from Charles Colson’s Breakpoint website. * “My trade of journalism is sodden these days with practitioners who seem incapable of admiring others or anything.” ~ Roger Rosenblatt (veteran of the Washington Post, Time, Life and the New York Times Magazine), quoted in 'Imprimis,' in an article by Peter H. Gibbon entitled "The End of Admiration: The Media and the Loss of Heroes," May 1999. * “A vain person is always angry at the world, because people rarely accord him the honor he feels is his due. A humble soul, however, is generally at peace with the world, because he feels he has received more than his fair share.” ~ Author Unknown. * “In thy face I see, the map of honor, truth and loyalty.” ~ William Shakespeare (15640-1616), King Henry VI. * Scarlet O'Hara: "Take me away with you. There is nothing to keep us here." Ashley Wilkes (refusing this offer to leave his wife): "Nothing but honor." ~ Margaret Mitchell, "Gone With The Wind" (the movie)
‘Honor’ in Principle
* "In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." ~ C. S. Lewis, English essayist & novelist (1898 - 1963), The Abolition of Man.
* “When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.” ~ Mary H. Waldrip.
* "The thief who is trying to be better is ages ahead of the most honorable man who is making no such effort." ~ George MacDonald.
* "The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.
* “First, a man shapes his idols, then his idols shape him. We become what we honor.” ~ Wisdom from Charles Colson’s Breakpoint website.
* “My trade of journalism is sodden these days with practitioners who seem incapable of admiring others or anything.” ~ Roger Rosenblatt (veteran of the Washington Post, Time, Life and the New York Times Magazine), quoted in 'Imprimis,' in an article by Peter H. Gibbon entitled "The End of Admiration: The Media and the Loss of Heroes," May 1999.
* “A vain person is always angry at the world, because people rarely accord him the honor he feels is his due. A humble soul, however, is generally at peace with the world, because he feels he has received more than his fair share.” ~ Author Unknown.
* “In thy face I see, the map of honor, truth and loyalty.” ~ William Shakespeare (15640-1616), King Henry VI.
* Scarlet O'Hara: "Take me away with you. There is nothing to keep us here."
Ashley Wilkes (refusing this offer to leave his wife): "Nothing but honor." ~ Margaret Mitchell, "Gone With The Wind" (the movie)
‘Honor’ in Deed
* “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.” ~ President George W. Bush, awarding the Metal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith posthumously, April 4. 2005. Smith died protecting his unit in Baghdad in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The statement continued: “Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport…” * "By helping others, you are a hero." ~ Dale Gifford, Minister, speaking at Harding University honoring his youngest son, Micah, January 24, 2007. Dale also said: “Losing his life to a terrorist bomber did not make Micah a hero. He had been a hero his whole life. He had a heart for others -- from the church camps, youth groups, mission trips to Honduras and Mexico -- to talking to his fellow soldiers in Iraq about Christ.” * “All I was thinking about was saving him, getting his head above water… I wasn’t thinking about me.” ~ Matthew Mills, eleven-year-old Boy Scout (November, 2004), born with a skeletal impairment confining him to a wheelchair. While other adults were unaware of the danger, Matthew jumped into the pool to save a 20-month old baby. * “I’ve learned not to panic, and to try to be the first to do something about it.” ~ Michael McAnelly, 12-year -old Boy Scout who acted quickly and calmly to skillfully save his brother’s life at the beach. A newspaper reported that he just did what he had been taught. * “I wasn’t thinking about being a hero. I just did what I knew to do.” Midshipman 4th Class Roarke Baldwin, naval Academy freshman, who ran straight toward gun fire at the Westfield Annapolis Mall to aid an off-duty Secret Service agent who was gunned down while intervening in a dispute. He stopped the Agent’s bleeding until he was airlifted to a hospital. Baldwin received the Navy Achievement Medal. * “It needed to be done. There was no way I could sit there and not do anything.” ~ Anthony Marzocca, age 14, after two dramatic rescues which called for quick thinking courage. He was awarded the Honor Medal from the Boy Scouts of America Court of Honor. “Even today every Aggie Cadet is reminded that during World War II, Texas A&M sent more officers into battle than all the military academies combined.” ~ Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, from his book, “On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For,” page 19.
* “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.” ~ President George W. Bush, awarding the Metal of Honor to Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith posthumously, April 4. 2005. Smith died protecting his unit in Baghdad in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The statement continued: “Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport…”
* "By helping others, you are a hero." ~ Dale Gifford, Minister, speaking at Harding University honoring his youngest son, Micah, January 24, 2007. Dale also said: “Losing his life to a terrorist bomber did not make Micah a hero. He had been a hero his whole life. He had a heart for others -- from the church camps, youth groups, mission trips to Honduras and Mexico -- to talking to his fellow soldiers in Iraq about Christ.”
* “All I was thinking about was saving him, getting his head above water… I wasn’t thinking about me.” ~ Matthew Mills, eleven-year-old Boy Scout (November, 2004), born with a skeletal impairment confining him to a wheelchair. While other adults were unaware of the danger, Matthew jumped into the pool to save a 20-month old baby.
* “I’ve learned not to panic, and to try to be the first to do something about it.” ~ Michael McAnelly, 12-year -old Boy Scout who acted quickly and calmly to skillfully save his brother’s life at the beach. A newspaper reported that he just did what he had been taught.
* “I wasn’t thinking about being a hero. I just did what I knew to do.” Midshipman 4th Class Roarke Baldwin, naval Academy freshman, who ran straight toward gun fire at the Westfield Annapolis Mall to aid an off-duty Secret Service agent who was gunned down while intervening in a dispute. He stopped the Agent’s bleeding until he was airlifted to a hospital. Baldwin received the Navy Achievement Medal.
* “It needed to be done. There was no way I could sit there and not do anything.” ~ Anthony Marzocca, age 14, after two dramatic rescues which called for quick thinking courage. He was awarded the Honor Medal from the Boy Scouts of America Court of Honor.
“Even today every Aggie Cadet is reminded that during World War II, Texas A&M sent more officers into battle than all the military academies combined.” ~ Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, from his book, “On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For,” page 19.