49 Bible Verses about Servant Leadership

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

But it shall not be so among you, but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;

But ye shall not be so, but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is prince, as he that doth serve.

But it shall not be like this among you, for whosoever desires to make himself great among you shall be your servant;

Then, sitting down, he called the twelve and said unto them, If anyone desires to be first, the same shall be last of all and servant of all.

or ministry, in serving; or he that teaches, in doctrine;

Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a captain and teacher to the peoples.

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Remember your pastors, who have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation:

And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

Neither be ye called masters, for one is your Master, the Christ.

For a slave when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with bread;

for the perfecting of the saints in the work of the ministry, unto the edifying of the body of the Christ

The disciple is not above his master, nor the slave above his lord.

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

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and humane, but also to the unjust.

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy slave king instead of David my father; and I am but a tender young man; I do not know 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.

Of the ruler who hearkens unto the lying word, all his ministers are evil.

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

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and free his slave.

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

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

And enter not into judgment with thy slave; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

That the slave of the Lord should not be contentious, but be meek unto everyone, apt to teach, patient,

But Jesus called them unto him and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and those that are great wield power over them.

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

Moses, my slave, is dead; now, therefore, arise, pass this Jordan, thou and all this people, unto the land which I give to the sons of Israel.

And he said, No, but I am the Prince of the host of the LORD; now I am come. Then Joshua falling upon his face in the earth worshipped him and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his slave?

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the Gentiles: a people whom I did not know served me.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful slave; 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 his minister Joshua, and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Salute all thy pastors and all the saints. The brethren of Italy salute you.

Jude, slave of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those that are called, sanctified in God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ:

My slave Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house.

unto Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his slaves and to his princes and to all his people,

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

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

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

It is expedient, therefore, that the bishop be blameless, the husband of only one wife, vigilant, temperate, of worldly affections mortified, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But as the same slave was leaving, he found one of his fellowslaves who owed him a hundred denarius, and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest.

now it has pleased thee to bless the house of thy slave, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, O LORD, hast blessed it, and it shall be blessed for ever.

But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his words and misused his prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, and there was no remedy.

Now, therefore, so shalt thou say unto my slave David, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel;

But my slave Caleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he proved to follow after me, I will bring him into the land that he entered into, and his seed shall receive it by inheritance,

So Moses, the slave of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

I commend unto you Phebe our sister, who is a servant of the congregation which is at Cenchrea,

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

And from the age of fifty years they shall return from their ministry unto the host and shall never serve again,