Praise scripture group keeping quiet (7)
I believe the answer is:
respect
'keeping quiet' is the definition.
'respect' can be an answer for 'keeping' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'quiet' bit.
'praise scripture group' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'scripture group' could be 're' (abbreviation for Religious Education) and 're' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for respect that I've seen before include "to abide by" , "High opinion or regard for" , "Esteem, deference" , "Venerate" , "Point" .)