25 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

And the great of you shall be your deacon.

It shall not be so among you; but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant;

But you are not thus: but let the greater among you be as the younger; and the leader as the waiter.

But it is not so among you: but whosoever may wish to be great among you, shall be your servant:

And sitting down, He called the twelve; and says to them, If any one wishes to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.

or ministry, it is in the ministry; or he that teacheth, in teaching;

Remember your leaders, who spoke to you the word of God: the outgoing of whose deportment seeing, imitate their faith.

Be not called teachers: because One is your teacher, Christ.

unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ:

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his lord.

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God,

And hearing about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that having come He may save his servant.

Jesus responded, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight for me, in order that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from thence.

But it does not behoove the servant of the Lord to strive, but to be gentle toward all, competent to teach, enduring evil,

But Jesus calling them to Him, said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them.

And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: come thou into the joy of thy lord.

Salute all your leaders, and all the saints. Those from Italy salute you.

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to the called beloved in God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ.

Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.

Therefore it behooves the bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, modest, prudent, orderly, hospitable, competent to teach,

And that servant having gone out, found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him one hundred denaria: seized him, throttled him, saying, Pay me what you owe me.

I commend unto you our sister Phoebe, being a minister of the church which is in Cenchrea,

for they loved the glory of the people more than the glory of God.