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 you shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that does serve.

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever would be great among you, shall be your servant:

And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching;

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

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

Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life.

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

Neither be you called masters: for one is your Teacher, even Christ.

For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

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

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

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.

And now, O LORD my God, you have made your 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 hearkens to lies, 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 of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal 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 here.

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight shall no man living be justified.

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon 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, you, 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 captain of the army of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What says my lord unto his servant?

You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have 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; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord.

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

Greet all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy greet you.

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

My servant Moses is not thus, who is faithful in all my house.

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

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

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant 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.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.

Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you forever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed forever.

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

Now therefore so shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land in which he went; and his descendants shall possess it.

So Moses the servant 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 church which is at Cenchrea:

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: