49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister;

But ye'shall not be'so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

But it is not so among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;

And he sat down, and called the twelve; and he saith unto them, If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even the Christ.

For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;

for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

And now, O Jehovah my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in.

even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood, All his servants are wicked.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant.

Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.

And the Lord's servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

And he said, Nay; but as prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house:

Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus that are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.

but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people, over Israel;

but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

So Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah.

I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae:

for they loved the glory that is of men more than the glory that is of God.

and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,