Honor is one of the fundamental human traits that compels individuals to defend their material and spiritual assets, manifesting across personal, social, and cultural domains. As a socio-cultural and educational construct, honor has significant implications within criminal law and may function as a preventive mechanism against social harms and criminal acts. Findings of this study, conducted through a descriptive–analytical method based on the examination of sources, indicate that cultural education, enhancement of legal awareness, and the promotion of a balanced and rational interpretation of honor can strengthen its preventive role while reducing negative consequences. Honor, as a factor safeguarding shared societal values, when institutionally and sustainably embedded within public culture, prevents the emergence of anomie (normlessness) and enhances social cohesion. Nevertheless, although honor possesses preventive functions, if detached from rational frameworks, religious regulations, and ethical standards, it may lead to adverse outcomes and even violent behaviors. Situating honor within the principle of enjoining good and forbidding wrong clarifies its governing rules and enables the guidance of this trait along rational, ethical, and legal pathways. From this perspective, honor is not merely a personal virtue but also a social and cultural capital that, when properly managed, contributes to strengthening legal order, reinforcing collective identity, and preventing social deviations.