Biblical Examples of Honor

 Certain concepts, given someone grasps them, they may be able to see them in Bible stories, and in daily life while observing people.  Honor is a particular concept, with particular meaning.  Let us look at some Bible stories.  

Abraham and Sarah are traveling to Egypt.  This is Genesis 12.  There may be some context here many people missed.  There was not a Highway Patrol as we think of it.  Coming upon some foreign travelers, it is possible someone decides to raid them, and take what they like.  Sarah was very beautiful.  Abraham ask Sarah to tell any travelers they saw that she was his sister, otherwise they just may have killed him, and taken her.  

Given strangers were to sit down and break bread together, there may have been some spiritual laws there that aligned with superstitions.  Abraham and Sarah, they are approached by some travelers.  Given the travelers decide to break bread with Abraham and Sarah, the host, he may have been responsible for the guests he was breaking bread with.  To do harm to guest would be dishonorable, and someone may have cursed themselves.  

Did Abraham and Sarah lie?  No.  Sarah was Abraham's half sister.  Sarah was also his wife.  

There has been a Code of Honor for travelers.  There has been a Code of Honor for receiving guests, and dealing with other men's wives.  This honor may have been aligned with certain spiritual laws.  Some people have lost concept of honor, and what curses look like.  Cursed was the wicked man who suddenly had all his wickedness revealed.   Cursed was the man who had rebellious children.  When David sinned, what happened?  There was conflict in his family leading to dead children, a broken family, and civil war.  Some people, more recently, they may have been wealthy in money, but been on drugs, and unhappy, and depressed.  Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson may have received some irrevocable gifts from God.  They delved into some occultism, and ended up very unhappy.  

Was someone's dad or grandad a Freemason in 2025?  The Freemasons may have taken a bunch of oaths, and broke them.  They may have cursed themselves generationally.  (Deuteronomy 5:9) Given a man was a Church going man, possibly appearing very devout, and he was a Freemason, a sign of a generational curse may be the end of his family line, that is, no more male children to carry on his name, bad health for him or his posterity, family dying alone, broken families, and other such things.  People have just learned to weather these curses, and even wear them with like a badge of pride at times in their rebellion to God.  

This may be a start towards learning to perceive honor better.  Something to reflect and pray on.    

Addendum -

Question: What is the difference between Ad Hominem and someone who dishonored themselves?  

Judgment is a word that comes up.  The wages of sin are death.  Given someone was breaking the Laws of Moses, like committing adultery, they may have received the death penalty.  Judge not lest ye be Judged.  

There is "Judgement," like someone made a judgement based on how someone looks, someone's parentage, their race, and so on.  That type of judgement may have been vanity.  Ad Hominem is dismissing someone's arguement based on vanity.  

There is a horizontal honor.  A horizontal honor depends on someone meeting some sort of standard.  Given someone didn't meet the standard, they may be chastised and rebuked.  (Hebrews 12:6)(Revelations 3:19)  A woman committed adultery, and the crowd asked Jesus what they should do.  Jesus may have allowed the crowd to kill the woman, to give her the death penalty.  Judge not lest ye be judged.  Don't be a hypocrite.  Jesus turned to the woman and said "Sin no more."  He chastised her.  She had missed the mark.  

Given someone was accepted into Yale University, as a student, there may be a horizontal honor between students.  Given someone was to cheat, they may become kicked out.  The cheater, he is no longer part of the Honor group.  Those in the group probably don't care to listen to such a person.  

Someone graduates college.  As college graduate, with a particular degree, there may be a Peer group.  In that Peer group, a horizontal honor, like a Peer Reviewed paper.  Given someone cheats, and is doing wrong, they may be rejected from the Peer group.  

Christianity is standards based. Someone was a no-go or a go. They were Fail or Pass.  They were in darkness or The Light of the Lord.  

Lawfare was used against President Donald Trump.  There is horizontal honor as Citizen.  Given someone was a felon, they lost their right to vote, or be heard in the group of Citizens.